Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:43 pm
I just read where Ms. Hillary is proposing a $50 bn fund for energy research.
Assuming a 10 year plan that is $5 bn a year.
Assuming a 10 year plan that is $5 bn a year.
a discussion forum for Polywell fusion
https://talk-polywell.org/bb/
But this would all be U.S. Navy funding, and I doubt that their doors would be as open to new talent as say, the private sector (especially to the kind of people who frequent this forum, who despite their passion and enthusiasm, may lack official academic credentials). Or do you disagree?MSimon wrote:I'm somewhat more connected on this than most. People email me. I can tell you that even without a WB-7 success that the pressures are intense to get this project fully funded. Right now. I'm not at liberty to say more, except that your fears are unfounded.
Big forces are at work behind the scenes, both political (both parties) and economic.
They will show themselves when it is time to make a move publicly.
If you want to join the project when it gets funded study, study like a fiend. A lot of talent will be required. All kinds. Lawyers. Accountants. Engineers, chemists, physicists, lab technicians etc. Project historians. Photographers. Facilities designers. Even an artist or two.
I'm a non-degreed engineer and am considered by many to be one of the top engineering experts in the field. It may even be true.derg wrote:But this would all be U.S. Navy funding, and I doubt that their doors would be as open to new talent as say, the private sector (especially to the kind of people who frequent this forum, who despite their passion and enthusiasm, may lack official academic credentials). Or do you disagree?MSimon wrote:I'm somewhat more connected on this than most. People email me. I can tell you that even without a WB-7 success that the pressures are intense to get this project fully funded. Right now. I'm not at liberty to say more, except that your fears are unfounded.
Big forces are at work behind the scenes, both political (both parties) and economic.
They will show themselves when it is time to make a move publicly.
If you want to join the project when it gets funded study, study like a fiend. A lot of talent will be required. All kinds. Lawyers. Accountants. Engineers, chemists, physicists, lab technicians etc. Project historians. Photographers. Facilities designers. Even an artist or two.
nanos,Nanos wrote:I went to a government job interview once and at the end they asked me what my degree was in again..
I'd written on my CV 'I have a degree of understanding about computers'..
Water blankets are cheap and easy. About 2" to 4" of water (plus cooling to dissipate the energy deposited by the neutrons) should do the trick.TheRadicalModerate wrote:Doesn't U-238 have a fairly lousy cross-section with fast neutrons?
Here's a plot of the neutron cross section over on fusor.net:TheRadicalModerate wrote:Doesn't U-238 have a fairly lousy cross-section with fast neutrons?