To: Steely Tom
On an earlier thread, it was stated that Lockheed-Martin intends to have a working prototype online by 2017.
That it’s coming so soon, boggles my mind, but in a good way. Nuclear fusion is one of the true holy grails of science.
Because this comes from such a well known company, it’s hard to brush it off as nonsense, or wishful thinking. This will be a true paradigm shifting advancement if they actually pull it off.
5 posted on
10/15/2014 7:47:50 PM PDT by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
Because this comes from such a well known company, its hard to brush it off as nonsense, or wishful thinking.
One of the few companies in the world I would give any serious consideration to about such a thing.
To: Windflier
Definitely good. One of the things that cracks me up is Cambridge MA is declared themselves a nuke free zone but MIT has both a fission and fusion reactor.
7 posted on
10/15/2014 7:57:04 PM PDT by
Minsc
To: Windflier
I work in the power industry - we have a saying - fusion is 30 years away. We’ve been saying that consistently for 30 years.
17 posted on
10/15/2014 8:41:56 PM PDT by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
To: Windflier
On an earlier thread, it was stated that Lockheed-Martin intends to have a working prototype online by 2017.
IIRC, they said the same thing in 1958 in the UK where they were going to have a ZETA fusion reactor online in that year. It would be nice but until it delivers what it promises, I will remain a it skeptical. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it, but from the 1940's onward, we always got "punk'd" when it came to atomic fusion.
37 posted on
10/15/2014 10:27:27 PM PDT by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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