New Horizons Funnies and Other Stuff, Miscellaneous Ramblings |
New Horizons Funnies and Other Stuff, Miscellaneous Ramblings |
Jun 18 2016, 05:32 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 8-May 14 Member No.: 7185 |
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Feb 24 2017, 12:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-February 12 Member No.: 6336 |
In the 'other stuff' category we got this presentation for a possible mission to Pluto.
PDF with a powerpoint style presentation of the mission concept. |
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Feb 25 2017, 03:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
Did the FRC fusion technique make significant progress since this paper of 2012?
QUOTE There still remain a number of questions regarding the operation and stability of the reactor, and significantly, a reactor of the type described here has not yet demonstrated fusion burn. The fusion reactor seems to be the bottle neck of the mission design. |
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Feb 25 2017, 06:15 AM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
That's got to be the funniest thing I've heard all week.
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Feb 25 2017, 07:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
It's only 20 years away... and has been for the last 50. Though to be fair, an engine to burn a limited amount of fuel is is probably not as difficult as actually building a facility that self-sustains itself and produces more energy than it takes in (though we can still dream!)
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