27^th World Nanotechnology Congress

Nanotechnology in Space

Nanotechnology will play a vital role in future space missions and also hold the key to making spaceflight more practical. Improvement in nanomaterials makes lightweight solar sails and a cable for the space elevator possible. By automatically it reduces the amount of rocket fuel required, these advances could lower the cost of reaching orbit and traveling in space. In addition, new materials composed with Nanosensors and Nanorobots could advance the performance of spaceships, spacesuits, and the equipment used to explore planets and moons, making nanotechnology an important part of the final frontier.