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- Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:08 am
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: "Gang of 10" energy bill compromise ~$10B research
- Replies: 27
- Views: 21432
- Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:57 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: More EEStor news
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27685
Hey people, lets step back and look at this. The first question I have is, what is our beef? Is it that we're concerned that EESTOR might be a scam because we don't have any information or prototypes showing that it works, even though mass production starts in a matter of months? I would be concerne...
- Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:43 am
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: T. Boone Pickens
- Replies: 31
- Views: 32253
This is some interesting information. It says that Pickens is in it for the water, implying that wind is only a beneficial diversion.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395304,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395304,00.html
The Energy Innovations Small Grant program sponsored by the California Energy Commission passes out grant money, to see if ideas have any merit. The grants are small, $50-$95,000, and only about 30 grants per year are funded, but they are very carefully evaluated by experts (or as close as can be fo...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:37 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Latest On Space Elevators and Power Beaming
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10857
Yes, confirmed that the advantage of the equator derives from the direction and rate of rotation of the Earth. Orbital velocity is about 17,000 mph around the center of mass. Earth's rotation causes the launch vehicle to be traveling about 1000 mph eastward around the center of mass, as it sits on t...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:34 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32719
Hi drmike, I have been posting to a design thread (direct conversion) where we really need a value for the radius of an area within the Polywell that I have dubbed the "fusion core." I define the fusion core as that area where conditions exist for p-B11 fusion and from where alpha particles may be ...
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:09 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: The problem with ion convergence
- Replies: 126
- Views: 61297
Hi drmike, I have been posting to a design thread (direct conversion) where we really need a value for the radius of an area within the Polywell that I have dubbed the "fusion core." I define the fusion core as that area where conditions exist for p-B11 fusion and from where alpha particles may be e...
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:31 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: The problem with ion convergence
- Replies: 126
- Views: 61297
- Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:45 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Where's the beef?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 71122
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32719
93143, I'm pretty straight forward, I try to say what I mean. Please don't read inferences into my work unless I state them explicitly. If you think that my published result implies a further consequence, feel free to publish the consequence, but take the credit for yourself. Please don't try to put...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:55 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32719
The minor torus diameter of the magnetic coils being the same in the two different Polywell configurations results from the assumption that the dodec coil major torus diameter was half the truncube coil major torus diameter. That results in the circumference being half also, but there are twice the...
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:23 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32719
@Aero: I would think the fusion core would be fairly small - otherwise we have a problem with fusion-energy ions being at the edge of the wiffleball, which is bad for confinement. But I don't really know. The magnets will hopefully be fairly narrow, so as to achieve better than 80% transparency - a...
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32719
I really do have several questions, the answers to which I believe will cast some light on our problem of shadows and repellers. I want to use a term that is not well defined, at least to me. The term is "fusion core" and by that I mean that particular lumpy spherical area within the polywell where ...
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:29 pm
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32719
You can find the NASA paper on a link from here http://aeroaero.bravehost.com/
I don't know how my first post got corrupted. I probably didn't do it right.
I don't know how my first post got corrupted. I probably didn't do it right.
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Where's the beef?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 71122