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- Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:58 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Heads rolling at DOE?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2206
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:53 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Tokamaks now proven SUCCESSFUL!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 26124
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Space/Rocket news - All of NASA HSF needs your help now
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1617
Being from Alabama, this one hits kinda close to home....
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- Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Britain Govt proposes becoming paymaster for all Britons
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2645
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:32 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Any News about Polywell ?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 43325
Alphas impact has a cross section for neutron production with elements with Z less than or equal to Z=19: air, boron, nitrogen etc. Expect neutron activation. I'm no scientist, but is the reaction not occuring in a vaccuum? And by the time the alpha particle impacts anything, even if it is the wall...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:57 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Any News about Polywell ?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 43325
Because neutrons make things radioactive, and alphas don't. :roll: not to mention direct conversion means much less machinery, which means fewer people, and less noise--noise is important for navies who have to worry about subs. Alphas impact has a cross section for neutron production with elements...
- Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:54 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: NewSpace 2010: Polywell and Vasimr
- Replies: 149
- Views: 53380
When you walk East, the planet responds slightly by accelerating West. We don't notice this, but the same is true when you steal momentum from the universe. .... and yet again .... the universe moves relative to what exactly??? Well now the situation is suddenly more complicated. The whole universe...
- Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Broken window Fallacy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1811
- Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:45 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Room-temperature superconductivity?
- Replies: 1893
- Views: 659967
On one hand you have people like Woodward and March who're only missing concrete evidence to make a huge splash, and on the other you have people like Prins who (apparently, correct if I'm wrong) have concrete evidence but refuse to take an easy (if sideways) entrance to that same unavoidable big s...
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:13 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has any thought been given to a polywell powered BOLO?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 22162
If we can get polywell working well enough to power something the size of a mech, I see no reason you would not simply put more of that power into a fleet of aircraft that almost never have to land/refuel, and if they make directed energy weapons more combat capable than current munitions, they wou...
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:04 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has any thought been given to a polywell powered BOLO?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 22162
If we can get polywell working well enough to power something the size of a mech, I see no reason you would not simply put more of that power into a fleet of aircraft that almost never have to land/refuel, and if they make directed energy weapons more combat capable than current munitions, they woul...
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has any thought been given to a polywell powered BOLO?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 22162
Not sure how you'd cool any of this stuff (except the carrier), but if you have to have fusion battle weapons, I'm holding out for a PPC. Isn't that what a DPF is perfect for? . I've been thinking about this. Using Prof. Prins approach to eletromagnetic and matter waves (where an electron gives up ...
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:34 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has any thought been given to a polywell powered BOLO?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 22162
Sorry, but it is not in the cost class of an aircraft carrier. An aircraft carrier, 300 meters of steel is the cost of a division of BOLOs. Why ? Well, Science Fiction places them on far off planets, relatively undeveloped so they don't face the power of a developed planet but can defeat anything t...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:02 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Room-temperature superconductivity?
- Replies: 1893
- Views: 659967
The Planck scale is a red herring which is based on the assumption that electron-particles exist: There are NO PARTICLES. And here lies my biggest concern. This is why I need to think it over for sometime. Applying your logic will give completely new meaning of the basic experimental results of qua...
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:52 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Never be rude to an Arab, a Saudi, or...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3259