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by nextbigfuture
Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Project Orion battleship
Replies: 17
Views: 10989

5000 Gs is the same fly for Quicklaunch and other Chem Guns

Quicklaunch would have and past experimental gun launch systems had the 5000G launch profile as well. My nuclear cannon just scales it up. the launch guns have gotten close to the right speed, there were no projectile problems - the issues were getting enough propulsive force. My system has no probl...
by nextbigfuture
Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Project Orion battleship
Replies: 17
Views: 10989

the economics would have worked for mining the solar system

$100 billion per person (7 billion people) in the asteriods. Orion could have launched for less than one dollar per kg. I have designed a nuclear cannon variant of Project Orion which could launch many thousands of tons supplies and g-hardened electronics super-cheaper cheap. Dig a deep hole - like ...
by nextbigfuture
Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:59 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Nice Review of IEC 2009
Replies: 3
Views: 2188

FYI: this is picture for picture/word for word copy

http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/12/iec-20 ... ights.html

Actually I see at the end of the other article that it was from my RSS feed and has a couple of links pointing to my site and original article.

Brian Wang
by nextbigfuture
Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:28 pm
Forum: News
Topic: IEC Fusion Supporters Have a Fetish...or something
Replies: 6
Views: 4341

Accept Reality - Never Try

Do not hammer the steaming piles of crap. The crap just flies around and lands a few feet away. Nothing is happening with NASA, government or the entrenched technology so listen to Dwayne and do not attempt change. Trying to advocate change just shows how you have failed to accept the reality. Homer...
by nextbigfuture
Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:26 am
Forum: News
Topic: Fusion Will Never Work
Replies: 83
Views: 31462

Dittmar is biased

http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/11/uranium-to-2020-update.html He trashes the Redbook projections but does not look at the actual uranium companies and mines and exploration. I did that simple due diligence. the First 9 months show large gains. Several delays are because of the low prices. There is a ...
by nextbigfuture
Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:46 am
Forum: News
Topic: Turning heat to electricity... efficiently
Replies: 16
Views: 9714

Exactly how they theorize to up the thermal conversion

http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/11/quantum-coupling-for-super-efficient.html highlights of the 242 page thesis Quantum dot coupling is to restrict number of states and increase efficiency. Columb coupling is to avoid the blackbody limit. 10 Watts per square centimeter and higher for some designs. Has ...
by nextbigfuture
Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:29 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Turning heat to electricity... efficiently
Replies: 16
Views: 9714

My coverage -with Carnot vs best practice at diff temp gaps

Carnot vs best practice at diff temp gaps Overall waste heat available in the US 7 quad from industrial http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/11/four-times-more-than-current-efficiency.html http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/01/micron-gap-thermal-photovoltaics.html The better heat transfer with smaller gaps http...
by nextbigfuture
Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New high strengh small size magnets.
Replies: 14
Views: 11879

have an article up on it

http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/10/magnif ... tesla.html

I linked in the three research papers, embedded two videos. etc...

Have a reference to the UK patent
by nextbigfuture
Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Record high superconductivity near 254 Kelvin, -19C, -2F
Replies: 14
Views: 12666

Good ultralow lab freezers go to about -86C.

Lab freezers http://www.bio-equip.cn/enshow1equip.asp?equipid=3157&division=1001 Subzero freezers (kitchens http://www.boxappliance.com/Parts/Settingtemperatures.html FREEZER compartment temperatures can be set from -5°F to +5°F. Pretty easily maintained. Dedicated commercial freezer http://www.acit...
by nextbigfuture
Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:42 am
Forum: News
Topic: The race is on, Polywell vs Focus Fusion
Replies: 86
Views: 42103

Helion Energy is fusion company like Trialpha

Helion are also is working on colliding beam fusion with reverse configuration
by nextbigfuture
Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:45 pm
Forum: News
Topic: General Fusion - Magnetized Target Fusion got C$13.9 million
Replies: 1
Views: 1861

General Fusion - Magnetized Target Fusion got C$13.9 million

Canadian government has funded General Fusion for C$13.9 million over 4 years. Likely private funds were raised as well. General Fusion could have nearly all the funding needed to make a full size reactor and then its net energy version based on prior cost estimates. http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/06...
by nextbigfuture
Wed May 06, 2009 7:08 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Nebel On Next Big Future
Replies: 30
Views: 20552

Kurt9 Mentioned the Tri-alpha energy funding

Kurt9 Mentioned the Tri-alpha energy funding, t hat was why I had previously posted on tri-alpha energy funding specifics. So yes you did miss that part of his post.

Separately, Dr. Nebel has commented at nextbigfuture about P-B11 reactions
by nextbigfuture
Wed May 06, 2009 5:05 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Dr. Nebel On Next Big Future
Replies: 30
Views: 20552

tri-alpha energy funding known sources

Venrock (VC firm) first started investing in Tri Alpha, he says. The firm later reportedly convinced Goldman Sachs, Vulcan Capital, Enel Produzione, and PIZ Signal to join as backers. But neither Mr. Prouty nor Mr. Rothrock would say when the company was founded, or how much total funding it has. It...