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Superconducting Heat Pipe
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:56 pm
by DeltaV
"Preliminary results of Qu Tube heat pipes we are testing show high thermal conductivity, with lower bounds as
determined by the fin equation of the order of 10,000 to perhaps 30,000 times that of copper".
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi. ... 009120.pdf
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:37 am
by DeltaV
The web site referenced in the PDF is in Chinese. Maybe this technology has been classified by the People's Liberation Army. That would be the sensible thing to do if it works as claimed.
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:32 am
by MSimon
DeltaV wrote:The web site referenced in the PDF is in Chinese. Maybe this technology has been classified by the People's Liberation Army. That would be the sensible thing to do if it works as claimed.
What good would that do? NASA has samples.
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:17 am
by DeltaV
We hope. They lost the lunar landing video.
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:20 am
by MSimon
DeltaV wrote:We hope. They lost the lunar landing video.
Recovered from TV footage. Not the same as the original.
I doubt that they lose everything. But who knows?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:38 am
by Heath_h49008
Considering they're about to lose massive amounts of funding, I doubt they will sweat the Lunar vids...