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by GIThruster
Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:40 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Elon got his rocket up ...
Replies: 118
Views: 45026

They are using more engines, but evidently intend to produce a lot of them. They may achieve reusability of the first stage. The Saturn V never achieved economy of scale by mass production. There is also the fact that Merlin is the most efficient engine of it's type ever designed or built. Having s...
by GIThruster
Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Mach Effect progress
Replies: 2707
Views: 1466755

There are dozens of permanent magnet motor designs. Some have formed the basis for noteworthy scams. I think last year's buzz was surrounding a company in Australia that was selling licenses for their product until the Aussies nabbed them and put them in jail. Year before that was a group in England...
by GIThruster
Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Mach Effect progress
Replies: 2707
Views: 1466755

I still dont get why it does not show in a pendulum apparatus. If the rails push the armature with magnetic pressure between them, that should induce recoil in the rails. Because the magnetic pressure is balanced on both ends of a rail segment. The pendulum arrangement used only measures an imbalan...
by GIThruster
Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:59 am
Forum: News
Topic: Speaking of Thorium and Navy Nuclear Power verses Polywell
Replies: 36
Views: 15854

Sorry but you seem to have missed the point. I was responding to the notion that all Navy ships ought to go nuke. My point is that this is not practical for things like cargo ships (which is just what I said) so your destroyer and sub illustrations do not come to the issue. I think subs and destroye...
by GIThruster
Mon May 31, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: News
Topic: Speaking of Thorium and Navy Nuclear Power verses Polywell
Replies: 36
Views: 15854

While our nuclear Navy has thrived with a continuing record of zero reactor accidents. . . -------- Em, sorry but your definition of what constitutes a "reactor accident" is up for appraisal. I like the vast bulk of your post but it glosses over the fact we've lost not one but two nuclear vessels an...
by GIThruster
Fri May 28, 2010 7:57 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Speaking of Thorium and Navy Nuclear Power verses Polywell
Replies: 36
Views: 15854

The Navy is being prudent. Until the WB-8 and following work is successful, Polywell fusion has to be considered speculative. Ships should be all nuclear, whether it be fission or fusion. Smaller ships that don't need tenders, like the tenders themselves, have more flexibility than larger ships and...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 9:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

Tom, you are way too smart for me to argue science methods with, and I mean this in all sincerity. I would say however, if you've looked at the Rowan setup and have identified loopholes, I'm sure Dr. Jansson would be thrilled to learn of them from you. He has had an open invitation for such for more...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 9:20 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

Concerns about stuff hidden in the box, have no basis in fact, in this case. Took 30 seconds for me to find this: ". . .The detailed chemical combinations are fully disclosed herein and include mixtures consisting of potassium hydride, sodium hydride, magnesium, calcium, titanium carbide, manganese ...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 7:07 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

I don't remember seeing any accusations of fraud here in this thread but to that issue, let me offer the following. Some years ago I asked a friend who is an ex-senior officer at CIA dealing with tech like this, what he thought of the BLP issue. He didn't know but did some research and got back to m...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 6:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

That's fine, Giorgio! :-)

For the record though, the evidence to date is not enough for me. I think the suggestion from Rowan is the proper response--they invited other institutions to do their own research. That seems to me the only way to get to the bottom of this issue--more research!
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 5:33 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

Giorgio, you just asked above, why BLP has not sent out the work to a trustworthy third party and paid for them to do a completely independent verification. I posted the link to the work that's been going on for more than a year for exactly what you asked for. Someone wondered why others haven't don...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 5:03 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

:-)
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 4:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

Calorimetry is notorious for being very difficult while seeming very easy. Those who are uninformed think this stuff is simple. Those who know better know that these sorts of experiments are very expensive to do. The only sorts of labs who can do this work are either universities or private labs rec...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 3:25 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

Well, I'm not a BLP cheerleader but I will just respond to say that the intuitions of those unfamiliar with the work, meaning everyone here; as to what should have happened when, are really not worth anything. If you don't know what struggles BLP has had, and you don't, then such a judgement should ...
by GIThruster
Thu May 27, 2010 7:11 am
Forum: News
Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
Replies: 33
Views: 16730

For anyone who is interested, this is the work that I think would combine well with VASIMR which one hopes is going to continue to get full funding and testing (2011 or 2012 they say) aboard ISS:

http://niac.usra.edu/files/studies/fina ... rchese.pdf