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- Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:01 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Possible wiffle-ball analytical solution
- Replies: 88
- Views: 63523
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:24 am
- Forum: Awareness
- Topic: Grad School, internship, etc
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8799
Well, Some of the diciplines needed for this stuff seem to be dying arts. Vacuum tube electronics and design, heavy current electrical engineering, superconductors, etc. My Dad would have jumped at this with both feet, and probably built a fusor in the basement (he was both an electrical and mechani...
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: A test bed for bfr marine propulsion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11942
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:24 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Vlasov Solver [work in progress]
- Replies: 86
- Views: 52336
- Thu May 15, 2008 4:30 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Picture Of WB-7 Fusion Test Reactor Available
- Replies: 57
- Views: 38535
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:45 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Virtual Polywell
- Replies: 468
- Views: 197922
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:08 am
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Spaceship Design
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18904
Actually, your ship would be better off being a a "carrier" that doesn't enter the atmosphere. That's what cargo shuttles are for. This way you can make the crew quarters the most efficient shape, and have lots of radiative surfaces to dissipate your waste heat. You can also have cargo cannisters cl...
- Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:32 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Virtual Polywell
- Replies: 468
- Views: 197922
Computing won't be quite the cost you think...These are for sale now: http://ati.amd.com/products/streamprocessor/specs.html 500 Gflop single precision, and can do double precision. Nvidia has a similar card (but can't do double precision.. yet) and you can put multiple of these cards in a single co...
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:29 pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: Name that distinguished scientist (hirez)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24955