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ITER Video
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:18 am
by MSimon
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http://www.videogully.com/The-Starmaker ... vIUO4.html
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It explains pretty well what a huge kluge ITER is. The narrator seems thrilled by the prospect. As an engineer all I can say is ugh. Ugly. Ugly. Ugly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:33 am
by Roger
The video makes it out to be this huge monstrosity, a bit like "The Forbidden Planet" Sci fi Movie of many decades ago. Somebody spent some good money on that all that 3D animation too. Good PR.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:12 am
by MSimon
Where is Tobor when you need him?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:49 pm
by TallDave
One word comes to mind watching this:
ENIAC.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:45 am
by Skytreker
Man, they've probably spent more bucks for this presentation as the entire Bussard project was getting for a year!
Normally I wouldn't mind if it was not the open hostilities in the orthodox scientific community against anything new and innovative like polywell. Hostility which often degrades to ugly scuffle for money. Muscleing out enything that stands on the path between ITER(TOKAMAK) projects and their continuous funding.
So thumbs down for ITER, and charms squeezed for polywell to send this monster to oblivion and mankind to the stars!
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:49 pm
by JD
Well, at least it can be used for a jogging track if nothing else.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:10 pm
by Zixinus
[insert ITER degrading comments here]
My favourite was: "Increasing the size does make a good way for fusion. Once you have hydrogen at the mass of a solar mass or so, you have a practical fusion reactor."
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:23 pm
by scareduck
I don't get the hate.
It's about budgets, okay. But both sides of this are attempting to get to the same destination, controlled terrestrial fusion.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:32 pm
by MSimon
scareduck wrote:I don't get the hate.
It's about budgets, okay. But both sides of this are attempting to get to the same destination, controlled terrestrial fusion.
It is not about hate. It is about stupidity. If Europe didn't have all its eggs in ITER's basket we might be farther along.
Second - if it is worth doing it is worth doing faster.
With IEC we can go faster for less. If nothing else we might be able to get a better handle on ITER's feasibility quicker.