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Posted on 02/27/2007 4:07:28 PM PST by PATRICKHENRY REPUBLIC
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To: Dead Corpse
Ugh... I got a couple of 00's floating in my hot cocoa...
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posted on
03/26/2007 6:58:39 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: NicknamedBob
There is no reason to continue containing particles which have already fused. As long as they are going in the right direction, sure... The problem with a cyclic reaction is that the angle of incidence will vary with every reactive fusion event. Having a ton of neutrons come blasting through the SIDES of your motor isn't very efficient.
Bussard can claim eleventy-first power ranges. There is a lot of healthy skepticism on that board and some detailed reasons for it that make a certain amount of sense. Of course, if just anyone could figure it out... they probably would have by now. I'll see if I can't dig up another source on Bussards work. Give it a once over. Not saying I'll understand too much, without a bit more math, but the basic principle is familiar.
3,302
posted on
03/26/2007 7:02:39 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: Dead Corpse; NicknamedBob
When is my Eleventy-First Birthday?
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posted on
03/26/2007 7:13:36 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(If you don't believe in the abolition of government run schools, your views aren't radical enough.)
To: sionnsar
"... doesn't that electromagnetic capture somewhat distort the "shape" of the vessel, reducing its efficiency?" No. The "vessel" in which the fusion is designed to occur is a cage of electrons. Since it is formed electrostatically, it reforms from moment to moment. It should be possible to operate in almost steady state mode under normal circumstances.
The overall design is particularly elegant and simple. A magnetic cage is constructed of simple circular magnetic coils joined as the faces of a polyhedron. Magnetic forces constrain electrons to accumulate in the interior. The attraction of the electrical charge of this virtual cathode draw positive ions to the interior of the electron swarm, where they oscillate back and forth depending on the energy of the system.
If things get energetic enough, they will collide, and hopefully fuse.
The advantage of this arangement is that it requires little in the way of start-up energy, so it shouldn't take long for even low levels of fusion to exceed "break-even" levels of energy production.
The discussion of how to make the fusion chamber into a power source for space flight and into a rocket engine of great power and efficiency may be geting ahead of the game a bit, but that too is rather interesting. Doctor Bussard is clearly a very interesting fellow.
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posted on
03/26/2007 7:17:42 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(I know where I have gone wrong, and I can cite it, chapter and verse.)
To: rottndog
"When is my Eleventy-First Birthday?" Sometime around 2075. Will you want candles on your birthday cake?
3,305
posted on
03/26/2007 7:20:48 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(I know where I have gone wrong, and I can cite it, chapter and verse.)
To: rottndog
When is my Eleventy-First Birthday? Translate that into an integer (signed or unsigned, macht's nicht) and give us (zero) date of origin, and you'll have an answer.
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posted on
03/26/2007 7:28:31 PM PDT
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sionnsar
(?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: NicknamedBob
Doctor Bussard is clearly a very interesting fellow. Bussard's ramjet was a quite interesting element of Niven's "Known Space" (?) stories...
3,307
posted on
03/26/2007 7:30:41 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: All; y'all
3,308
posted on
03/26/2007 7:32:12 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Have a pleasant evening, Sionnsar. Rest well.
3,309
posted on
03/26/2007 7:44:29 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(I know where I have gone wrong, and I can cite it, chapter and verse.)
To: NicknamedBob; A CA Guy; Army Air Corps; Conspiracy Guy; Darksheare; Das Outsider; Dead Corpse; ...
3,310
posted on
03/26/2007 8:19:42 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(Total domination over all kingdoms under heaven will be given to the saints of YHVH. -- Daniel 7:27)
To: HKMk23
I have heard that the Wii is addictive.
To: HKMk23
Somebody has to drive the technology.
3,312
posted on
03/26/2007 8:26:02 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(I know where I have gone wrong, and I can cite it, chapter and verse.)
To: HKMk23
I'll take the blonde airhead with a brain the size of a pea for $200 Alex : )
3,313
posted on
03/26/2007 8:47:39 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
To: rottndog
3,314
posted on
03/26/2007 8:51:07 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
03/26/2007 8:54:30 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
To: Army Air Corps; stephenjohnbanker; NicknamedBob
I have heard that the Wii is addictive.I've heard that having more than one (at a time) is a recipe for misery.
Somebody has to drive the technology.
Ba-dump, Chhhhh!
I'll take the blonde airhead with a brain the size of a pea for $200 Alex : )
And she'll be happy to be taken for $200 -- perhaps far less -- as long as you have a go-kart. VVvrrrrRMMMMM!
I'd have been quicker on the reply but I've been watching THIS, from the Heritage Foundation. Good stuff. http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev030507a.cfm
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posted on
03/26/2007 8:57:08 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(Total domination over all kingdoms under heaven will be given to the saints of YHVH. -- Daniel 7:27)
To: sionnsar
To: HKMk23
I can't get that link to play - could be my internet connection. I'm not up to date on those game thingys.
To: HKMk23
3,319
posted on
03/26/2007 9:08:31 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
To: tuliptree76
Are you broadband (DSL or cable) or dial-up?
3,320
posted on
03/26/2007 9:10:01 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(Total domination over all kingdoms under heaven will be given to the saints of YHVH. -- Daniel 7:27)
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