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I Wish

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:07 am
by MSimon
Moebius: When will you have the ten megawatt commercial prototypes ready for the Polywell?
Green: Perhaps 5 years, if you continue the current level of funding.
Moebius: How much would you need to have it ready in 6 months?
Green: Very funny. Say 30 billion dollars.
Moebius: Will you take a check?
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/18359/

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:20 am
by ltgbrown
YES! SAY YES!

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:59 pm
by KitemanSA
No, say no!

That's the tax-payer's money you are throwing around there!

Now, if he had asked "Can you cash ITER's check?", then maybe... :twisted:

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:40 pm
by MSimon
KitemanSA wrote:No, say no!

That's the tax-payer's money you are throwing around there!

Now, if he had asked "Can you cash ITER's check?", then maybe... :twisted:
$30 billion would probably kill the project.

$1 billion should be more than enough to get the speed up to Warp 7. And it will still take a year.