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by Stoney3K
Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pretty unbelieveable...
Replies: 225
Views: 144417

Re: Retro-Causal Communications & Star Drives

It's possible that if this technology works, but falls short of its hoped-for potential, it could be useful as a space drive but not as a launch engine. But if that happens, it will also be useless for hovering... Not really, even a good hover engine has plenty of uses, think ground-based hover veh...
by Stoney3K
Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pretty unbelieveable...
Replies: 225
Views: 144417

Re: Retro-Causal Communications & Star Drives

Yeah, but once the engines SHUT OFF, gravity takes over. I'm not talking about stability in flight; I'm talking about passive landing stability. Even a sphere has this problem. If one of the legs breaks, well... spheres roll. A helicopter also has a problem if the engines decide to fail. Sure, you ...
by Stoney3K
Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Speaking of fantastic space ship drives, UFOs and other ...
Replies: 14
Views: 4958

Doesn't Heim drive have inherent light-bending visual cues? If so, I haven't heard of it. What Heim drive mechanism would cause it? Alcubierre's does. Heim's doesn't. Nor have I heard of light bending objects (UFOs) being observed. How would an observer in the field detect light bending using eyeba...
by Stoney3K
Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:38 pm
Forum: News
Topic: And a little bit of $ for ITER
Replies: 38
Views: 10375

Hey folks, rather than bitching at EMC2 about a lack of data, how bout pushing universities to provide a $M or two and make their own Polywell? That data would be freely available. After all, the basic patent has run out. Several universities could compete and try different things and the science w...
by Stoney3K
Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pretty unbelieveable...
Replies: 225
Views: 144417

Pure speculation: The acceleration is only on those objects in the B x V field. Since they are attached to the frame the "force" also accelerates the frame. Assuming humans in the frame they get accelerated as well. A rocket engine with no exhaust. .... However .... (semi-sci-fi-mode here): If we w...
by Stoney3K
Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Solar Roadway
Replies: 41
Views: 19515

Not enough energy for that. Well, that DOES pretty much depend on the amount of traffic running over a line, right? Suppose a train passes over a specific section of track every 15 minutes, and takes about 45 seconds to pass (counting passenger trains here), that would mean the remaining 57 minutes...
by Stoney3K
Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:47 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Solar Roadway
Replies: 41
Views: 19515

how high are you willing to build this solar canopy? semi's are big, but there are even taller 'chines I've seen driving sometimes. One inch higher than the lowest overpass or tunnel on that stretch, I suppose. Would work for railway lines as well, those might even be easier to install as most rail...
by Stoney3K
Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:44 pm
Forum: News
Topic: A Change Of Name
Replies: 12
Views: 5504

Re: A Change Of Name

93143 wrote:It is encouraging to note that, as Aero points out, the word "fusion" is now in the name. On the other hand, "energy" is not...
Maybe that means they want to run WB-8 (or possibly WB8.1) at break-even, to lay the groundwork for WB-100?

I wonder what the project name for WB-100 will be...
by Stoney3K
Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tesla, the teleforce, and old school
Replies: 19
Views: 8002

Well, i suppose if you have a barrier that requires greater than x eV to penetrate, your crazy particles of doom which are most likely far more energized than x eV should be able to get through, and atmosphere will be blocked out, but how do you get a barrier that isn't solid matter block neutral c...
by Stoney3K
Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:59 pm
Forum: News
Topic: The race is on, Polywell vs Focus Fusion
Replies: 86
Views: 42081

Side reactions producing slow neutrons mitigate some shielding, about a meter of water shell plus an inch or so of boron10, which would bring the size and weight up beyond automobile capacity. A large truck, or ship or plane could manage it. But battery tech is likely to trump on-board generators f...
by Stoney3K
Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:46 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Water versus Energy
Replies: 24
Views: 39695

As far as water vapor's greenhouse effect I believe it is stronger than CO2 in both effect per molecule (?) and, by far, in quantity. At least water vapor condenses eventually, and when it does if provides a great reflector for incoming solar energy. Does water vapor help or hurt. They can't even d...
by Stoney3K
Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:37 pm
Forum: Design
Topic: Polywell 3D model
Replies: 18
Views: 15548

Thers has been some debate weather the mW in the contract was a misprint and should have been MW. I'm sure it was not Megawatt if an actual test article is intended instead of just a proposed design. A 100 milliwatt steady state test reactor would be big news. The reliability of the results would b...
by Stoney3K
Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: The race is on, Polywell vs Focus Fusion
Replies: 86
Views: 42081

Personally, I'd like to see them *both* hit the grid. Even if DPF weren't able to produce 100MW in a single unit, I'd be more than happy if they were to build a 1MW one. Hell, I'll buy a 100kW generator and chuck it under the hood of my car! If DPF even works on smaller scale power devices, it certa...
by Stoney3K
Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Burt Rutan thinks AGW is BS
Replies: 30
Views: 15034

mrflora wrote:Burt Rutan also believes that aliens built the pyramids.
Does he have an NDA from Stargate Command somewhere in a safe in his office, or what? ;-)
by Stoney3K
Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:46 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Water versus Energy
Replies: 24
Views: 39695

Water, Power, Fuel. Instant civilization? That pretty much holds in a lot of situations. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas (albeit not as powerful as CO2), and basic needs for civlization can be created out of water and some support materials which may be found on-site. Colonizing Mars and Europa wou...