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- Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Elon got his rocket up ...
- Replies: 118
- Views: 46563
They are using more engines, but evidently intend to produce a lot of them. They may achieve reusability of the first stage. The Saturn V never achieved economy of scale by mass production. There is also the fact that Merlin is the most efficient engine of it's type ever designed or built. Having s...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:00 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
- Views: 1514473
There are dozens of permanent magnet motor designs. Some have formed the basis for noteworthy scams. I think last year's buzz was surrounding a company in Australia that was selling licenses for their product until the Aussies nabbed them and put them in jail. Year before that was a group in England...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
- Views: 1514473
I still dont get why it does not show in a pendulum apparatus. If the rails push the armature with magnetic pressure between them, that should induce recoil in the rails. Because the magnetic pressure is balanced on both ends of a rail segment. The pendulum arrangement used only measures an imbalan...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:59 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Speaking of Thorium and Navy Nuclear Power verses Polywell
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16416
Sorry but you seem to have missed the point. I was responding to the notion that all Navy ships ought to go nuke. My point is that this is not practical for things like cargo ships (which is just what I said) so your destroyer and sub illustrations do not come to the issue. I think subs and destroye...
- Mon May 31, 2010 6:42 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Speaking of Thorium and Navy Nuclear Power verses Polywell
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16416
While our nuclear Navy has thrived with a continuing record of zero reactor accidents. . . -------- Em, sorry but your definition of what constitutes a "reactor accident" is up for appraisal. I like the vast bulk of your post but it glosses over the fact we've lost not one but two nuclear vessels an...
- Fri May 28, 2010 7:57 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Speaking of Thorium and Navy Nuclear Power verses Polywell
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16416
The Navy is being prudent. Until the WB-8 and following work is successful, Polywell fusion has to be considered speculative. Ships should be all nuclear, whether it be fission or fusion. Smaller ships that don't need tenders, like the tenders themselves, have more flexibility than larger ships and...
- Thu May 27, 2010 9:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
Tom, you are way too smart for me to argue science methods with, and I mean this in all sincerity. I would say however, if you've looked at the Rowan setup and have identified loopholes, I'm sure Dr. Jansson would be thrilled to learn of them from you. He has had an open invitation for such for more...
- Thu May 27, 2010 9:20 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
Concerns about stuff hidden in the box, have no basis in fact, in this case. Took 30 seconds for me to find this: ". . .The detailed chemical combinations are fully disclosed herein and include mixtures consisting of potassium hydride, sodium hydride, magnesium, calcium, titanium carbide, manganese ...
- Thu May 27, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
I don't remember seeing any accusations of fraud here in this thread but to that issue, let me offer the following. Some years ago I asked a friend who is an ex-senior officer at CIA dealing with tech like this, what he thought of the BLP issue. He didn't know but did some research and got back to m...
- Thu May 27, 2010 6:00 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
- Thu May 27, 2010 5:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
Giorgio, you just asked above, why BLP has not sent out the work to a trustworthy third party and paid for them to do a completely independent verification. I posted the link to the work that's been going on for more than a year for exactly what you asked for. Someone wondered why others haven't don...
- Thu May 27, 2010 5:03 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
- Thu May 27, 2010 4:37 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
Calorimetry is notorious for being very difficult while seeming very easy. Those who are uninformed think this stuff is simple. Those who know better know that these sorts of experiments are very expensive to do. The only sorts of labs who can do this work are either universities or private labs rec...
- Thu May 27, 2010 3:25 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
Well, I'm not a BLP cheerleader but I will just respond to say that the intuitions of those unfamiliar with the work, meaning everyone here; as to what should have happened when, are really not worth anything. If you don't know what struggles BLP has had, and you don't, then such a judgement should ...
- Thu May 27, 2010 7:11 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Blacklight Power claims validation and due diligence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17170
For anyone who is interested, this is the work that I think would combine well with VASIMR which one hopes is going to continue to get full funding and testing (2011 or 2012 they say) aboard ISS:
http://niac.usra.edu/files/studies/fina ... rchese.pdf
http://niac.usra.edu/files/studies/fina ... rchese.pdf