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Pants 01-08-2010 11:57 AM
Holy shit.

Sounds like this might finally be achievable. That is so insane, I didn't think it would happen in my lifetime.

rambleonthruthefog 01-08-2010 11:59 AM
all we really need is some unobtainium.

Mr. Laz 01-08-2010 12:01 PM
http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner...GE_EC012_H.jpg

tyton75 01-08-2010 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog (Post 6423392)
all we really need is some unobtainium.
that was the dumbest name for a fake substance ever! lol

TigerPig 01-08-2010 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 6423286)
Mockup of the gold-plated hohlraum designed for the NIF.
I don't know you, but I like anyone who has Oppenheimer as their avatar and posts this stuff.

This made me wonder an entirely strange question and that is whether or not nitrogen has a flash point at any temperature. Would it be possible to catch the atmosphere on fire with the right fuel to air mix and the right amount of heat?

Dartgod 01-08-2010 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 6423259)
By the fall of 2010 the team aims to start blasting capsules that contain the full dose of -deuterium-tritium fuel, and they will crank up the laser power to 1.4 megajoules.
1.4 megajoules! Great Scott!

http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/i...mett_brown.jpg

TigerPig 01-08-2010 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 6423259)
Could This Lump Power the Planet?
...One lump, to power them all...

kaplin42 01-08-2010 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tyton75 (Post 6423357)
Thats a TON of money to throw into something that may or may not work

hope it works.. that'd be cool till it gets out of hand and Doc Ock isn't around and Spiderman is busy hangin upside down kissing an alligator
What is money, but an artificial substance that society made up and applied value to.

If this actually works, do realize the ramifications that it would have world wide?

The middle east would be a non-issue. Green house effects would almost virtually disappear, and flying cars might actually be just around the corner.


Not to derail the subject, but flying cars. Can you imagine the nightmare that would be. it's tough enough driving down the road without encountering some sort of douchebaggery. When cars can fly, and idiots can drive them, we are all doomed.

TigerPig 01-08-2010 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by kaplin42 (Post 6423449)
What is money, but an artificial substance that society made up and applied value to.

If this actually works, do realize the ramifications that it would have world wide?

The middle east would be a non-issue. Green house effects would almost virtually disappear, and flying cars might actually be just around the corner.


Not to derail the subject, but flying cars. Can you imagine the nightmare that would be. it's tough enough driving down the road without encountering some sort of douchebaggery. When cars can fly, and idiots can drive them, we are all doomed.
You think the arab nations are pissed off at us now, wait until they have absolutely nothing of value to us and we shut them off...

Lots of "durka durka"

kaplin42 01-08-2010 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TigerPig (Post 6423491)
You think the arab nations are pissed off at us now, wait until they have absolutely nothing of value to us and we shut them off...

Lots of "durka durka"
I lol'd

Donger 01-08-2010 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TigerPig (Post 6423422)
I don't know you, but I like anyone who has Oppenheimer as their avatar and posts this stuff.

This made me wonder an entirely strange question and that is whether or not nitrogen has a flash point at any temperature. Would it be possible to catch the atmosphere on fire with the right fuel to air mix and the right amount of heat?
There was a bet given during the Trinity Test about that very thing.

TigerPig 01-08-2010 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 6423506)
There was a bet given during the Trinity Test about that very thing.
Only one way to find out!!!

ChiefaRoo 01-08-2010 12:25 PM
If they can get Fusion Power to work and be affordable the US will lead the world economically for the next 100 years. This would be like creating Microsoft, Google, Exxon,Yahoo and Apple while at the same time allowing us to get off many forms of Oil from the parts of the world who don't like us and allowing a shift away from Coal. It would be worth Trillions and Trillions of dollars over the next century.

My biggest question is how would they shut down the reaction so it wouldn't get out of control. I know they'll use magnetic fields but there has to be a way to keep the fusion process from getting away from them via an instant shut off.

Donger 01-08-2010 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by TigerPig (Post 6423511)
Only one way to find out!!!
:spock:

TigerPig 01-08-2010 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo (Post 6423528)
My biggest question is how would they shut down the reaction so it wouldn't get out of control. I know they'll use magnetic fields but there has to be a way to keep the fusion process from getting away from them.
This is unimportant, and an aftersight.


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