This is one of the more interesting things I've seen lately and it just so happens to involve the commercial use of textiles so incredible I had to post it here for you to see for yourself. Japan is working on an elevator to outer space using tension cable made of textile fibres:. Here is a quote from the article:
"The cable must be exceptionally light, staggeringly strong and able to withstand all projectiles thrown at it inside and outside the atmosphere. The answer, according to the groups working on designs, will lie in carbon nanotubes - microscopic particles that can be formed into fibres and whose mass production is now a focus of Japan's big textile companies."
Here's the link: Japan's Space Elevator
This is too close to a stairway to heaven for me not to comment