Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[Deannie]

I never questioned the toughness of ss, though the notion of a .50 cal-proof ss parachute (it ain’t Mithril, ya know) remains as ridiculously improbable as KBLB sitting on a warehouse full of viable spiderish silk. I’ve repeated this several times now but since the only silk KBLB seems to have a chance of producing/selling might just be in an AF-funded lab, quantities would be small so prices for the silk would have to be high to cover all costs. Optimization would occur but scaling up the lab model means building more/larger labs (very costly) which means economies of scale aren’t reached to drop prices the way they would in the regular sericulture production chain. Adding labs would just increase the quantity of silk produced without making the silk more affordable. Hypothetically, a lab-based breakthrough could increase production/drop the price then you’d look under your seat and YOU get a parachute and YOU get a parachute and YOU get a bulletproof vest and we all get to buy ss dental floss at CVS. Unless and until… a WHOLE lotta stuff that hast yet happened has to happen before a single strand of high cost ss is made.