Plastic Spaceships?

[iceman]

From: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/25aug_plasticspaceships.htm?list149 304



Sounds pretty cool, being so lightweight it might require less fuel to get out of earth's gravity, and therefore cheaper to launch.

[acropolite]

They use composites extensively in aircraft already, so new plastics in spaceships would be a natural progression. Now if they can just work out a way to recycle supermarket bags into spacecraft material....