Don't act like you don't want one too.
Don't act like you don't want one too.You want a fusion reactor on your wrist? WTF
I just need the Mr. Fusion for my Delorean duhDon't act like you don't want one too.
And how long would it take to build power plants around this architecture? Max two years please.Input 2.05 MJ.
Output 3.15 MJ.
Nicely done. Now the trick will be to keep it running. And, probably more scaling.
Well not all of us can afford a Delorean so I guess it's fusion wrist watches for the rest of us.I just need the Mr. Fusion for my Delorean duh
Years (at least) before stabilized reaction. A decade or two before a prototype reactor, 3 decades of safety and refinement study before mk.1 commercial reactor.And how long would it take to build power plants around this architecture? Max two years please.
Yeah...we're still 50 yrs awayYears (at least) before stabilized reaction. A decade or two before a prototype reactor, 3 decades of safety and refinement study before mk.1 commercial reactor.
Fwiw, China will probably leapfrog and build a terribly designed prototype that gets commercialized immediately and may result in some kind of disaster that we'll a) learn some science from, and b) knee-jerk nimby ourselves into being unable to build our own in a reasonable capacity.Yeah...we're still 50 yrs away
Ok you got 4 years, make it happen.Years (at least) before stabilized reaction. A decade or two before a prototype reactor, 3 decades of safety and refinement study before mk.1 commercial reactor.
What possible disaster do you imagine?Fwiw, China will probably leapfrog and build a terribly designed prototype that gets commercialized immediately and may result in some kind of disaster that we'll a) learn some science from, and b) knee-jerk nimby ourselves into being unable to build our own in a reasonable capacity.
I know it's a rerun but it's an easy plot to develop.
It could open up a portal and let the Chitauri stream on in.What possible disaster do you imagine?
I fail to think of one for a fusion reactor.
Any overload would melt and shut off the system. Damaging the internals, but not much else. So I guess it could become a financial disaster if poorly managed.
And there are 4th gen fission reactors that are similar. The temperature goes up and the fission reaction stops - and then returns back to safe conditions. /steps off soapboxGood thing with fusion is you don't get a run away reaction like you do with fission. If you don't contain it, the density will drop and the reaction will stop.
As designed now, the reactor vessel itself will be highly radioactive.What possible disaster do you imagine?
I fail to think of one for a fusion reactor.
Any overload would melt and shut off the system. Damaging the internals, but not much else. So I guess it could become a financial disaster if poorly managed.
And appropriately designed fission reactors also don't fail catastrophically, yet we've seen that a few times due to inappropriate designs. Just saying, if there's a way for a human to fuck up a sure thing by cutting costs, we'll find it.What possible disaster do you imagine?
I fail to think of one for a fusion reactor.
Any overload would melt and shut off the system. Damaging the internals, but not much else. So I guess it could become a financial disaster if poorly managed.
There's so much engineering that needs to be done to actually be able to utilize this burst of energy, and or make it a continuous process. It boggles the mind.An update -
They've managed to replicate the original result three times. This is good news.
There's so much engineering that needs to be done to actually be able to utilize this burst of energy, and or make it a continuous process. It boggles the mind.
Yeah, while a ton of work remains to be done this is real, tangible progress. Very exciting!It still boggles my mind that we landed on the moon. In 1969. It also boggles my mind that there is now a driverless taxi service in San Francisco, and I see these cars pulling up along side me with no one in them.
That is very true. The fact that they were able to do those things with the technology of that time, is truly amazing and awe-inspiring. It seems that people back then were educated better and just involved themselves in more mental pursuits, raising their IQ levels. These days, there's so many distractions that only the most focused minds can accomplish anything extraordinary and they are like 1 in a million.It still boggles my mind that we landed on the moon. In 1969.
Or and I’m just spit balling here the government in the 60’s gave NASA 8-10 times the budget (as a percentage of the federal budget) as they do today.That is very true. The fact that they were able to do those things with the technology of that time, is truly amazing and awe-inspiring. It seems that people back then were educated better and just involved themselves in more mental pursuits, raising their IQ levels. These days, there's so many distractions that only the most focused minds can accomplish anything extraordinary and they are like 1 in a million.
And it was before lawyers and finance people took over every aerospace company.Or and I’m just spit balling here the government in the 60’s gave NASA 8-10 times the budget (as a percentage of the federal budget) as they do today.
That is very true. The fact that they were able to do those things with the technology of that time, is truly amazing and awe-inspiring. It seems that people back then were educated better and just involved themselves in more mental pursuits, raising their IQ levels. These days, there's so many distractions that only the most focused minds can accomplish anything extraordinary and they are like 1 in a million.