Point out news stories, on the net or in mainstream media, related to polywell fusion.
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Diogenes
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by Diogenes Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:51 pm
This New Fusion Engine Will Cut The Travel Time To Mars Down To Six Weeks
Txchnologist, an online magazine sponsored by General Electric, talked to team member and aerospace engineering PH.D. candidate Ross Cortez, he said "The fusion fuel we're focusing on is deuterium [a stable isotope of hydrogen] and Li6 [a stable isotope of the metal lithium] in a crystal structure."
http://www.businessinsider.com/newest-f ... ls-2012-10 ‘What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.’
Stubby
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by Stubby Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:29 pm
Yeah saw that too.
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Skipjack
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by Skipjack Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:05 am
Looks certainly interesting. With John Slough that makes now two quite different fusion propulsion concepts that we might see in the near future.
djolds1
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by djolds1 Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:07 am
Stubby wrote: Yeah saw that too.
As an engine, true.
But solid lithium-6-deuteride has a long track record of successful fusion.
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MSimon
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by MSimon Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:20 pm
What do they plan to use to run the accelerator? They WILL need electric power. And a fair amount of it.
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Enginerd
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by Enginerd Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:51 pm
MSimon wrote: What do they plan to use to run the accelerator? They WILL need electric power. And a fair amount of it.
Apparently they plan on using a fission reactor.
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by MSimon Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:25 pm
Enginerd wrote: MSimon wrote: What do they plan to use to run the accelerator? They WILL need electric power. And a fair amount of it.
Apparently they plan on using a fission reactor.
Radiators will be a problem. Not to mention what they will be boiling.
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djolds1
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by djolds1 Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:51 pm
MSimon wrote: What do they plan to use to run the accelerator? They WILL need electric power. And a fair amount of it.
Capture and recycle electricity along the lines proposed for Mini-Mag Orion or one of Friedwardt Winterberg's nuclear pulse propulsion concepts? The fusion reaction provides a lot to be tapped, once the initial pulse of energy is provided.
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Skipjack
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by Skipjack Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:59 pm
Apparently they plan on using a fission reactor.
Yeah, that seems to be the biggest problem of the concept
