Word: kevlar
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...contrast, carries four times as many people as the Concorde but costs half as much to maintain. The fixes to the supersonic plane could include tires that resist rupture and explosion, reinforcing the protection of fuel tanks and perhaps coating the underside of the wings with tough materials like kevlar. Even minor changes would be uneconomical. Says R.E.G. Davies, curator of air transport at the National Air and Space Museum, who has written a book on the Concorde: "If it needs yet more money spent on it to make it safe, this...