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To: Boiler Plate; duckworth

http://www.businessinsider.com/newest-fusion-engine-is-powered-on-star-trek-like-dilithium-crystals-2012-10

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.”

“That’s basically dilithium crystals we’re using,” he said.


40 posted on 02/11/2015 6:07:09 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

How far can we be from warp drives, then?


53 posted on 02/11/2015 6:48:52 AM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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