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- Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
Holy smokes! Lookit what Alex found! FY 2007 Accomplishments: The primary objective of this initiative is to revalidate and prove the effectiveness of inertial electrostatic confinement using the polyhedral magnetic field systems studied over the previous 19 years of R&D. The final success of the l...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:36 pm
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: Reaching VC folks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7840
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:34 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: proton boron 11 fusion / fission shielding
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21036
You can also use 1 km = 5/8 statute mile. That one is handy for me because I can usually do the math in my head. The nautical mile is 1.15 miles. I have to use a pencil and paper if I'm drunk or tired. The US gallon is 231 cubic inches. That got pounded into my head when I was working on some hydrop...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:47 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
Wars are becoming increasingly expensive because we are spending large sums to limit casualties on both sides. What do you suppose Iraq would look like today if we had used the same bombing techniques we used in WWII, or even in Vietnam that matter? The perceptions of war a different today as well. ...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:40 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: proton boron 11 fusion / fission shielding
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21036
Meters and yards are easy if you do not have to bee tooo precise with it. A yard is roughly 1 meter (well 1 meter is 1.09 yards). So that is not so bad. I usually simply multiply meters by 3 to get a rough estimate in feet. And to get pounds you multiply the kilograms by 2 (well 2.2 if you have to ...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:30 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
Sort of back to topic; If Nebel is on a gag order, but we're reading all the receipts, can we reasonably infer that Nebel is happy we know what's up? Like some others, I do have a small shred of fear the Navy would keep this from really changing the private energy sector. The Navy will not "prevent...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:07 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:19 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
Perl harbour, I guess. I don't understand how you think it applies, since it was a navy fleet that got bombed. Having more ships would have helped? We were perceived as being an easy target with most of our battleships bottled up in Pearl Harbor, lacking the budget necessary for them to stay out on...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Global Warming Concensus Broken
- Replies: 424
- Views: 147273
It NEVER mattered. It was always a political tool and, oddly enough, it started on the right with Maggie Thatcher. The left seized hold of it as an excuse to establish a "socialist utopia". Of course, true to Orwell, what they are knowingly establishing is a dystopia. We Americans have a habit that ...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:30 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Global Warming Concensus Broken
- Replies: 424
- Views: 147273
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:26 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
I was on the list that got Dr. B's e-mail when the contract for WB-7 was let. I had no idea he was close to death. I can tell you that he seemed to be a very happy man. And to have Dr. N say on Cosmic Log that bloggers were a great help in making that happen? I'm going to die (when the time comes) ...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:19 pm
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Is There an Optimal Size for Magrid Casings?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 167002
Here's another picture of the shells nested together without the SC Core in the way. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36049122@N05/3336106056/sizes/o/ Volume of LHe: 3,063L or 809 US gal. Weight of He = 383kg. (This will go down some after I add supports.) Volume of LN2: 2,143 Liters or 563 US gal. Weig...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:01 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 63236
Holy smokes! Lookit what Alex found! FY 2007 Accomplishments: The primary objective of this initiative is to revalidate and prove the effectiveness of inertial electrostatic confinement using the polyhedral magnetic field systems studied over the previous 19 years of R&D. The final success of the la...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:59 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Is There an Optimal Size for Magrid Casings?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 167002
Okay, here it is revised. That is to say that the diameter on the center line of the SC core is now 2 meters. The SC core is 29cm x 29cm square as Chief Simon requested. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36049122@N05/3334245791/sizes/o/ The LHe jacket is 58.24cm OD in cross section with a wall thickness ...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:06 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Is There an Optimal Size for Magrid Casings?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 167002