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- Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:43 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
- Replies: 677
- Views: 118249
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...
- Mon May 04, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: Administration
- Topic: Apologies for the long down time
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12087
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...
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- Thu May 12, 2011 8:25 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Alan Boyle update
- Replies: 111
- Views: 76749
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...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Space Elevator Games with Prizes - $2Mil
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10242
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...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:37 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Spheroidal Foci and POPS?
- Replies: 197
- Views: 67705
Hey batta, batta, SWING!
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?Art Carlson wrote:What is a whiffleball denier?
(Sorry for the morning sarcasm, I just had to do it!)
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Mumbles
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Russian president backs nuclear spaceship
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4900
Lingo...
SSME - Space Shuttle Main EnginesAcesHigh wrote:Im quite ignorant. Please, explain me the jargon.
SSMEs?
SSTO?
@Djolds:
GNDN??
SSTO - Single Stage to Orbit
GNDN - Gone Nowhere, Done Nothing
Have a Great Halloween!!
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Mumbles
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:09 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Extra-salty sea
- Replies: 47
- Views: 14478
Nutritious(?), but not so appealing...
Sorry, both kinds of those foods give me indigestion!!KitemanSA wrote:Equally as nutritious as the feast of AGW models.
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Mumbles
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:32 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: New Energy And Fuel - A Bussard Fusion Update
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8528
Six years of Evil Medical School, IIRC
--"And now we will hear from Mr. Evil"-Aero wrote:...but the author repeatedly referred to Rick as Mr. Nebel. I was under the impression that it is Dr. Nebel...
--"Doctor Evil, please. I didn't attend six years of Evil Medical school just to be called Mr."-
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Mumbles
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:46 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: A Prediction Regarding Fusion Power
- Replies: 116
- Views: 64102
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...
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:20 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: A Prediction Regarding Fusion Power
- Replies: 116
- Views: 64102
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...
- Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:41 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Polywell = Navy Advantage
- Replies: 58
- Views: 25586
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...
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:06 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Actual Applications
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6652
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...
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:16 pm
- Forum: Awareness
- Topic: stuff a polywell reactor in a game? (or dictionary)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19222
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...
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:40 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Government Not Funding Research
- Replies: 56
- Views: 27021
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...
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:13 pm
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: Shovel ready?...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 50456
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...