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by paperburn1
Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:51 am
Forum: News
Topic: Z-Pinch Renaissance
Replies: 208
Views: 193067

Re: Z-Pinch Renaissance

not my work but relevant underlined comments are mine. Consider a 1,000 ton spacecraft with a 10,000 km/s exhaust velocity and an acceleration of 0.722 m/s/s. For a 1 AU trip at constant acceleration, flipping at the midpoint, it will take 10.5 days and consume 66 tons of propellant/fuel. Now let's ...
by paperburn1
Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Z-Pinch Renaissance
Replies: 208
Views: 193067

Re: Z-Pinch Renaissance

one g was for fun
the other figure was making so many assumptions it probably not realistic.
by paperburn1
Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:24 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Z-Pinch Renaissance
Replies: 208
Views: 193067

Re: Z-Pinch Renaissance

I found this list of destination for one g travel The Moon / Luna: Closest to Earth (Supermoon): 356,577 km Travel time (at 9.80665 m/s2, no deceleration): 2h 22m 12s Travel time (at 9.80665 m/s2, decelerating halfway): 3h 20m 24s Mercury: Closest to Earth: 77.3 million km Travel time (at 9.80665 m/...
by paperburn1
Wed Jul 03, 2019 2:50 am
Forum: News
Topic: Z-Pinch Renaissance
Replies: 208
Views: 193067

Re: Z-Pinch Renaissance

These are very rough numbers ( with huge assumptions ) but your looking at 60 days will get about to Jupiter. 90 days will get you to Saturn. with a flip and slowdown because what is the point of going without stopping for a visit.
by paperburn1
Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:04 am
Forum: News
Topic: Z-Pinch Renaissance
Replies: 208
Views: 193067

Re: Z-Pinch Renaissance

AcesHigh wrote:Has any paper mentioned some mission profile?

I would like to see what they expect with 10 million ISP and 1 meganewton of thrust.

and I wonder how many of these could you put in a ship...
Not many, still limited by that vaccum bottle effect , only way to get rid of heat is by radiation
by paperburn1
Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Extraterrestrial colony companies
Replies: 44
Views: 67664

Re: Extraterrestrial colony companies

Of course if you import too much gold, the price of gold crashes. As has been seen when Spain imported gold plundered from the Americas, and the California gold rush. Even the thought of too much gold can crash the market, a very real possibility because gold prices are over inflated even above the...
by paperburn1
Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Collapse Of Complex Societies
Replies: 8
Views: 17497

Re: The Collapse Of Complex Societies

I agree, most laws end up being passed to keep the Status Quo rather than develop innovation.
Polywell seems to be one of the victims of that process.
by paperburn1
Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Factor X have we finally found the fountain of Youth?
Replies: 378
Views: 292915

Re: Factor X have we finally found the fountain of Youth?

China now claims to have two "Enhanced babies" with a third on the way. At first it was touted that is was just HIV resistance but with the third birth it was also shown intelligence and memory enhancements were part of the package.

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by paperburn1
Fri May 31, 2019 12:34 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Direct O2 evolution in collisions of carbon dioxide with surfaces
Replies: 7
Views: 13339

Re: Direct O2 evolution in collisions of carbon dioxide with surfaces

Aero wrote:Does the character of the surface have any effect on the efficiency of oxygen production? I'm thinking along the lines of a catalyst. And there must be an energy level sweet spot to maximize conversion.

Ohhhh, I like where your headed with this idea.
by paperburn1
Fri May 31, 2019 12:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1155261

Re: SpaceX News

I heard a rumor that in simulation it showed hot gases were impinged on flight surfaces during descent.
by paperburn1
Wed May 22, 2019 12:16 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Lockheed Martin news
Replies: 56
Views: 92167

Re: Lockheed Martin news

Hmm, Just saw a request for a quote for a vacuum tank with six port holes made out out of stainless steel with some very high specs that looks like a enlarged LM machine, about 7 meter long and 1.5 meters wide. From a friend of mine in manufacture for the Gov. I am going to ask him to send the link ...
by paperburn1
Sat May 18, 2019 2:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: Factor X have we finally found the fountain of Youth?
Replies: 378
Views: 292915

Re: Factor X have we finally found the fountain of Youth?

breakthrough it determining cell degreation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gxogiUvVkk
telomeres and triggers
by paperburn1
Mon May 06, 2019 11:43 am
Forum: News
Topic: EMC2 news
Replies: 440
Views: 454006

Re: EMC2 news

Notably hidden among the budget items for NASA was a $100 million allocation to develop a nuclear thermal rockets.
Does anybody know if polywell tried to get their fingers into that rice bowl?
by paperburn1
Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:21 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1155261

Re: SpaceX News

@NASA statement from today: "SpaceX and NASA are just beginning the mishap investigation process. We don’t yet know what impact this will have to our target schedules. We have full confidence in SpaceX. Additional information will be released as it is available."