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Advocates and critics of nanoscience research often compare the technology to the creation of genetically-modified organisms, yet the more apt analogy is to the space program. But there are limits to the analogies used in shaping emerging technology policy. Above: a view down the middle of a boron nitride nanotube.
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/05/its-just-like-that-except-different/