Wow. Lockheed-Martin is serious.
It would take us from the travoise stage of space flight to the wheel which is really quite a jump.
If LM was really able to do this they wouldn’t be making a press release looking for partners.
interesting
Yammering about doing it isn't doing it.
The first generation of this elusively simple technology, as described by our host in this Lockheed Martin Skunkworks video, is needed today. We should be developing third generation fusion, using Helium-3 harvested from the Moon to fuel the next 1000 years of this planet's economic growth. Instead, we're engaged in a propaganda war with modern luddites over ridiculous phrenologies like, so-called, 'global warming,' and the power-mad schemes of vainglorious central planners.
Consider how the atomic development of Iran, for example, would be a dead issue if this kind of development had proceeded as it was anticipated fifty years ago. Instead, we're likely to see a "limited war" (war where the body count does not exceed the birth rate) with Iran, at an unimaginable cost, because this nation elected just such a egoist dreamer of central planning.
It's maddening to know these breakthroughs have exceeded our grasp for so very long, that fusion still reigns.
As will soon be released, this was actually discovered by Algore. And John F’n Kerry was there.
Yeah, let's just hand it over to the rest of world on a silver platter. I'm sure ALL the other nations of the world would do the same for us if the shoe were on the other foot. /s
I’ve always wondered, maybe someone can say:
If we’ve had nuclear reactors on submarines for the past decades why, considering the advances in other similar technologies, has that power not become commonplace for the consumer market?
good PR, not much meat
Which gives Chinese and Russian hackers more incentive to obtain the knowledge to do this.
Going to contribute to global warming so stop this Obama!
All these electronic gadgets will be powered so cheaply the third world countries will buy tons of electronics and that will require plastic and precious metals....strip mines...oil...HELP!!!!