http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/1/203528/4445
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But Dr Nebel has been blogging, and recently dropped a bombshell in 2 parts"
1. We're getting data.
2. We might as well build the next one in that size range
But Dr Nebel has been blogging, and recently dropped a bombshell in 2 parts"
1. We're getting data.
2. We might as well build the next one in that size range
So was Bussard correct?
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"The answers are going to be kind of nuanced," Nebel said.
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"I've been very pleased, frankly, with the sorts of things we've been getting out of it," Nebel said.
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"We're looking at power generation with this machine," Nebel said. "This machine is so inexpensive going into the 100-megawatt range that there's no compelling reason for not just doing it. We're trying to take bigger steps than you would with a conventional fusion machine."
You sneak. LOL.MSimon wrote:*
Roger Fox's 01 July 008 KOS Diary
Simon is spot on, but... Heres what I infer. And I start with a question, how much money to build WB-8 at 1.6 meters, exactly like WB-7. Instead of 35cm coils, make 'em 1.6meters. Do it on the cheap just like WB-6 & 7.tonybarry wrote: or is it full steam ahead for the net power machine?
So of the 3 machines I thought should be built, I see Dr Nebel taking #2, the 70cm coil pulse mode Polywell, and essentialy saying instead of building a machine twice the size of WB-7 to test scaling, make a little bigger and go for net power.I thought these 3 should be built simultaneously
1)WB-8, 35cm LN2/carburetor/steady state
2)WB-9, 70cm pulse mode
3.WB-10, 35 cm truncated dodecahedron
Thank you sir. I also had 32 recs for the dairy, thats good for me. but not good enough for the reccommended page.TallDave wrote:Wow, 122 comments.
Go Roger!
Hi Roger, nice blog.Roger wrote:Thank you sir. I also had 32 recs for the dairy, thats good for me. but not good enough for the reccommended page.TallDave wrote:Wow, 122 comments.
Go Roger!
Not a lot of diaries were being published that evening, so my diary stayed on the front page for a while, giving the diary a better chance to collect comments.