Pyrodinium
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12/13/2015
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http://www.sciencealert.com/german-has-just-successfully-fired-up-a-revolutionary-nuclear-fusion-machine
It seems that the researchers in Germany have developed a means of producing and also controlling Helium plasma. The controlling part is actually the innovation since the longer one can control or contain the plasma, the longer time you can harvest energy off of it.
Soon we might be able to harness power that is equal to THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN!
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Xane Al-Rahibi
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12/13/2015
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The only problem is this: The plasma appears to be blue and not reddish orange like The Dawn Machine. Maybe it generates artificial moonlight? THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON!
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Mark
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12/25/2015
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malthaussen wrote:
I wonder what kind of weapons can be made with it.
Can't be done, as far as I know. I asked a fusion scientist about this recently, for a short story I'm working on, whether you could use magnetically-contained fusion to make the equivalent of a nuclear weapon. He said you might be able to use inertial fusion systems in a weapon, but that there are fundamental physical limits on the power density of magnetic fusion that make it impossible to weaponize.
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Pyrodinium
Posts: 639
12/14/2015
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Xane Al-Rahibi wrote:
The only problem is this: The plasma appears to be blue and not reddish orange like The Dawn Machine. Maybe it generates artificial moonlight? THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON!
Well the article's headline said that it was a Revolutionary nuclear fusion machine.
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LoTN confirmed!
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malthaussen
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12/13/2015
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I wonder what kind of weapons can be made with it.
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Pyrodinium
Posts: 639
12/13/2015
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malthaussen wrote:
I wonder what kind of weapons can be made with it.
-- Mal
It might provide enough juice to power up even stronger railguns. The railgun tech can be used as weapons that may outclass explosive ones or be used to improve space travel.
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John Savage
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12/14/2015
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malthaussen wrote:
I wonder what kind of weapons can be made with it.
-- Mal
Aha! Almost no one I know realizes that unlimited power means more powerful weaponry.... which is why I support a limited use of power IRL
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malthaussen
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12/14/2015
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Awful, yeah. Cynical, undoubtably. Realistic? Indubitably.
I have a low opinion of my fellow man, especially when organized into governments, and we know munitions companies are always looking for more loot.
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Grenem
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12/26/2015
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Xane Al-Rahibi wrote:
The only problem is this: The plasma appears to be blue and not reddish orange like The Dawn Machine. Maybe it generates artificial moonlight? THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON THE MOON!
Moonlight is just weak sunlight!!!
Mark wrote:
malthaussen wrote:
I wonder what kind of weapons can be made with it.
Can't be done, as far as I know. I asked a fusion scientist about this recently, for a short story I'm working on, whether you could use magnetically-contained fusion to make the equivalent of a nuclear weapon. He said you might be able to use inertial fusion systems in a weapon, but that there are fundamental physical limits on the power density of magnetic fusion that make it impossible to weaponize.
Pretty sure you can, at the very least, make a better object to slam your enemies heads into than a wall. sure, there's no really potent uses, but i'm sure there's something- even if it is completely missing not only the point, but the entire rosebush!
edited by Grenem on 12/26/2015
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