Problem is that it is a protein is it not? It degrades? If it could be preserved we're talking super-bridges (bering, english, china sea... hehe) and real space elevators.
Ah, I see it is not true spider silk but still a hybrid. Get us pure spider silk and a way to preserve it and then we are talking serious engineering.
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