ElI5 what keeps us from producing synthetic spider silk?

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They say spider silk is way stronger than the same amount of steel while also being elastic. What keeps us from creating spider silk for buildings, rockets, airplanes and what not? Do we really need spiders for that?

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Progress is being made on this front. There are silk worms that have been genetically altered to produce spider silk. It’s very early stages but the results are promising.

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