Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology in Space

Nanotechnology will play an important role in future space missions. Nanotechnology may hold the key to making spaceflight more practical. Advancements in nanomaterials make lightweight solar sails and a cable for the space elevator possible. By significantly reducing the amount of rocket fuel required, these advances could lower the cost of reaching orbit and traveling in space. In addition, new materials combined with Nanosensors and Nanorobots could improve the performance of spaceships, spacesuits, and the equipment used to explore planets and moons, making nanotechnology an important part of the final frontier.