Their idea was to use planar HTS coils and use control electronics to shape the magnetic field, hence removing the complexity of manufacturing Stellarators.
Nice to see that they are moving forward with the plan.
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- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:55 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thea Energy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1468
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: MIFTI - Magneto Inertial Fusion Technology Inc
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1287
Re: MIFTI - Magneto Inertial Fusion Technology Inc
MIFTI has not been releasing any news or papers since their DARPA-E grant which ended in 2019 and didn't bring any meaningful experimental result. Today they are hardly leader in anything related to Inertial Fusion except for wishful thinking. US Nuclear Corp is a company with only 2 million in reve...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: ZAP Energy News
- Replies: 146
- Views: 32651
Re: ZAP Energy News
Possible as that tends to be the major showstopper for every fusion candidate we had in the last 40 years.....
I still keep my finger crossed for them.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy Holidays everyone!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1954
Re: Happy Holidays everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone.
My desire under the tree was to get a working fusion machine by the end of 2024.
I hope that Santa will consider me to have been a good boy in 2023 and grant my wish!
My desire under the tree was to get a working fusion machine by the end of 2024.
I hope that Santa will consider me to have been a good boy in 2023 and grant my wish!
Re: EM Drive
If we consider only air drag, than at 500 Km height the air density can oscillate up to 2 orders of magnitude, from a minimum of 10^-13 to a maximum of 10^-11 Kg/m3 due to the sun flux oscillations and sun/earth geomagnetic activity that compress and expand the air bubble around the planet. If we as...
Re: EM Drive
According the latest news the 2 engines onboard will deliver one 0.25mN and the other 0.65mN at a power consumption of 1 watt. This explain why they need such a long time to make a "baseline of orbital data", but at the same time i am worried that such a low power output might not give the inconfuta...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:42 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: SpaceX News
- Replies: 2324
- Views: 1181872
Re: SpaceX News
I remember back in the early days before starship was even built and tested, the plan then was to *not* use tiles. They said back then they were going to have many small holes and pump water spray through them to cool during rentry... Never saw when they decided to go with tiles, but its probably a...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: SpaceX News
- Replies: 2324
- Views: 1181872
Re: SpaceX News
Popcorn bowls and coffee cups are ready. I hope that they will amaze us once again
Re: EM Drive
We have several weeks of LEOP before we can start our testing. Don't expect any testing until December sometime. Collecting a baseline of orbital data before firing up the Drives will be vital to proving the Drives work. A little weird, I do not see the need to collect a "baseline of orbital data" ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:26 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Superunifaction startup
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1356
Re: Superunifaction startup
I can't believe their are people who still think he has something. Complete scam. He was smart enough to draft his actions in a way that he could never be blamed or accused for not delivering. He probably learned a lot from "experienced" artists like BLP, or from his previous experiences. I blame m...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:09 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Vortex rocket engine: lighter, more efficient, more reusable
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28444
Re: Vortex rocket engine: lighter, more efficient, more reusable
Seems to me that the corrosion ( erosion ?) rate would be proportional to the pressure which is why I think they may run at reduced pressure to get more flights without expensive between flight inspections. Remember, they want to fly like an airline, and that means many flights between inspection a...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Vortex rocket engine: lighter, more efficient, more reusable
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28444
Re: Vortex rocket engine: lighter, more efficient, more reusable
It would not surprise me if the plan was to run the Raptor 3 @~85% power (Raptor 2 level) and use the excess for fast turn around margin. Also, they can use the excess for “engine out” redundancy. It would also be available if they just HAD to launch 250tonnes at one time. The question of economics...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Scam or legit?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1474
Re: Scam or legit?
They have been around from the early 2000 with the same claims over and over again.
They are not much different from BLP/Brilliant, lot of hype when they need more investments than nothing else.
They are not much different from BLP/Brilliant, lot of hype when they need more investments than nothing else.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:01 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the "Greens"
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3959
Re: For the "Greens"
1. I must like to bang my head against the wall of the super religous types...the greens amongst others. 2. I like the idea of their Tweets having comments like mine there to remind them what mental defects they are. If you say it is petty I won't argue. I guess I just utterly despise people who ar...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the "Greens"
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3959
Re: For the "Greens"
With that in mind would you guys post what your profession, education and experience are. I want to post this thread to Twitter to hammer home that point. I wish you good luck for the effort, but from my past experience with those type of people it will be hard to even make them understand that the...