Q&A: Help with NASA’s use of Nanotechnology?

Question by Emil: Help with NASA’s use of Nanotechnology?
For my Science Research topic next year i hope to discuss the use of Nanotechnology foe space travel. Can someone help me understand what nanotech is? Every article i read says that nanotechnology “Shrinks” material, how does it do this? Also how does nanotech help us rearrange atoms? How does nanotechnology make chemical sensors? Also what is nanotechnology are they specialized cells?

Best answer:

Answer by stardust
I can answer part of your question. The study of nanotechnology, is the study of the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. For more definitions, check out wikipedia as well as the nasa.gov site. Also, if you’re interested, Popular Science recently released an article about nanobots playing soccer. I found it to be very interesting.

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