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Word is they could launch IFT-2 next week. Full Wet Dress Rehearsal completed, and they unstacked today, in likely preparation to install Flight Termination charges. Also, the air and maritime notices have been updated for launch event window from 1 November through 6 November. The sooner SpaceX get...

Well, I did retire once already. Working on my second time.
I routinely seek to gafia, even at work these days.

I was wondering where you were at!

You speak of Project Gnome, under the Plowshare program, executed in 1961. The idea was to use underground detonations in a salt formation to melt the salt, then capture the heat with water piped through the salt slag, and then use this for steam turbine power generation. As I understand, the molten...

You may not be wrong in that. Perceptions run the world. That said, water absorbs tremendous amounts of energy. It is not far fetched to consider heating large water volumes with low yield detonations, then recovering the energy from the water. If done in an isolated or remote area, might be sellabl...

The heart of the story of the pursuit of net power fusion based generators. I have wondered a few times if our approach to fusion energy generation suffers a similar issue. While we focus on 'slowing it down', should we not only consider letting it run at speed and figuring out how to capture the en...

I don't think we can claim Space Age until we figure out a better way to get out of the gravity well. This chemical thing is clunky and expensive (so far). SpaceX seems to be a step in the right direction with full reusability. However, we are still highly restrained for deep space access. The Energ...

Not to drive off topic, it is this movement into the next great age which does worry me a little. With each great age through history, we see a massive upheaval in the balance of power for the existing civilizations, which also manifests in war(s) as those who seek to capitalize the change, or those...

Well, I guess wait and see produced no "Holy Cow!". Instead, an "Aw Shit." with a

This one is very interesting, however remains in the reproducible wait and see realm. Once we get confirmed reproduction, then "Holy Cow!"

Thanks for posting Skipjack!

No argument there, let's see how things go with the scale up.

I hope the get to an operating plant in 2028. I do think there is a lot they don't know they don't know, at that puts them at risk on goals. No matter what, they are going to learn. Also, I would offer, that money flows based on progress, and investors pull out all the time when things don't go 'as ...

This smacks of aspirational thinking. Positive intent, however lacking in feasibility, suitability, and acceptability realms when you peek under the hood. They have a longer way to go than proselytized. However, one must market to keep and gain investment. I get it.

Thanks for sharing Carl. I hadn't watched that yet. I have always liked the LPP approach, no matter the technical complexity at its tactical level. They are always finding more 'we didn't know we didn't knows' which, to me, is the heart of true science and advancement of the body of knowledge. One o...