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by Mumbles
Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:43 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 660
Views: 104346

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

(Yada, yada...) Commercial cargo ships, military vessels would all benefit. Has the US Navy awakened to near term fusion? While the US Navy does not have any current ship designs calling for FUSION power, we do have a number of fission based nuclear ships (mostly carriers and submarines). We used t...
by Mumbles
Mon May 04, 2020 12:00 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: Apologies for the long down time
Replies: 10
Views: 10672

Re: Apologies for the long down time

Could it be, perhaps fitting, that the site came back up today. May the Forth be with you...

Be Safe
by Mumbles
Thu May 12, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Alan Boyle update
Replies: 111
Views: 74384

United States Space Navy...

I don't know... if the navy is able to start building starships, they might be able to put together a solid case to take over the air force. One 90 year old instance of interservice rivalry solved! :lol: Makes a good argument for the creation of the United States Space Navy! Maybe they might recall...
by Mumbles
Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Space Elevator Games with Prizes - $2Mil
Replies: 18
Views: 10088

Skyhook and Earth's Magnetic field

Hypersonic sky hooks never made any sense to me, how do you keep a rotation body up there if you're using up some of it's momentum to take additional space ships up? The Skyhook concept includes a section of the tether that can be electrically energized (one way, with electrons emitted from one end...
by Mumbles
Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:37 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Spheroidal Foci and POPS?
Replies: 197
Views: 66618

Hey batta, batta, SWING!

Art Carlson wrote:What is a whiffleball denier?
Isn't a wiffleball denier a pitcher with a wicked curve, who can prevent the batter from ever hitting, striking them out, and winning for their team?

(Sorry for the morning sarcasm, I just had to do it!)

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Mumbles
by Mumbles
Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Russian president backs nuclear spaceship
Replies: 8
Views: 4822

Lingo...

AcesHigh wrote:Im quite ignorant. Please, explain me the jargon.

SSMEs?

SSTO?


@Djolds:

GNDN??
SSME - Space Shuttle Main Engines
SSTO - Single Stage to Orbit
GNDN - Gone Nowhere, Done Nothing

Have a Great Halloween!!

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Mumbles
by Mumbles
Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Extra-salty sea
Replies: 47
Views: 14241

Nutritious(?), but not so appealing...

KitemanSA wrote:Equally as nutritious as the feast of AGW models. :P
Sorry, both kinds of those foods give me indigestion!!

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by Mumbles
Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New Energy And Fuel - A Bussard Fusion Update
Replies: 15
Views: 8443

Six years of Evil Medical School, IIRC

Aero wrote:...but the author repeatedly referred to Rick as Mr. Nebel. I was under the impression that it is Dr. Nebel...
--"And now we will hear from Mr. Evil"-

--"Doctor Evil, please. I didn't attend six years of Evil Medical school just to be called Mr."- ;-)

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by Mumbles
Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:46 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: A Prediction Regarding Fusion Power
Replies: 116
Views: 63376

Re: But the PDO is cyclic?...

But since the periodic nature of the PDO means that we have hit the highs and lows before, why haven't all the clathrates been cooked out previously? Thanks. METHANE HYDRATE STABILITY AND BREAKDOWN The ocean temperature has to reach a base threshold. I understand the concept that the clathrates wil...
by Mumbles
Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:20 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: A Prediction Regarding Fusion Power
Replies: 116
Views: 63376

But the PDO is cyclic?...

BTW if the PDO is a "surface" phenomenon (1,000 m) why should it affect methane release? Clathrates occur at depths between 300 and 2000 metres. But since the periodic nature of the PDO means that we have hit the highs and lows before, why haven't all the clathrates been cooked out previously? Than...
by Mumbles
Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Polywell = Navy Advantage
Replies: 58
Views: 25221

Fuel Tanks...

For the prospect of the Navy, do you think... due to the availability of fuel from the seawater? Or is the process of extracting... That depends on the size, weight and complexity of the equipment needed to do the deuterium separation. Maybe a consideration for the largest of ships, thus making the...
by Mumbles
Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:06 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Actual Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 6575

Scaling assumptions...

VERY promising. It looks like the core scaling assumptions outlined by Bussard in the Valencia paper are holding up. My takeaway from discussions a few months back about the current round of funding, that I had with a source I trusted, was that this next round of contracts IS designed to actually p...
by Mumbles
Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:16 pm
Forum: Awareness
Topic: stuff a polywell reactor in a game? (or dictionary)
Replies: 17
Views: 19029

Hmmmm.... Fusion....

What does the general public think fusion... means? Why? A close shave. Gillette "Fusion" razor. An entry level car. Ford "Fusion" ("Drive it like you mean it") Now "nuclear fusion"... Unfortunately, that contains the word "nuclear"... That comes with its own connotations... Which is why I like the...
by Mumbles
Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:40 am
Forum: News
Topic: Government Not Funding Research
Replies: 56
Views: 26686

Worth the few minutes of dreaming...

Maybe that explains why I very rarely buy a ticket... And even then, I'm not likely to spend more than a couple of bucks on it. It IS a fools' game after all, and something I've tried hard to impress on my offspring. But it's got some entertainment value. I will admit that when the MegaMillions get...
by Mumbles
Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:13 pm
Forum: Fund-Raising
Topic: Shovel ready?...
Replies: 26
Views: 49531

Re: Shovel ready?...

So did this really happen? According to my source, who was in a position to believe, it was going through. That is why I asked the question in the first place. But I haven't seen anything on this board or anywhere else to confirm... Which I had. (Hope it is all just in the contracts delay right now...