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> You simply are not even reading. And your evidence is that I quoted everything that I replied to, word for word, and quoted from the original NASA project do
by lutusp 14y ago
> You simply are not even reading.
And your evidence is that I quoted everything that I replied to, word for word, and quoted from the original NASA project documents as well?
> Nobody said anything about maintaining any steady state.
I did, and so did NASA. You missed its significance. Pulsed systems have an average power level, and a peak power level. Both need to be analyzed.
> That's needed for a generator.
Yes, and NASA wants a net generator of energy, something better than break-even, otherwise it's not worth doing. And they say this in their documents about the project.
> This project is talking about doing one off detonations.
I can't believe you missed the significance of NASA'a remarks about break-even. Don't you understand that, pulsed or not, break-even still has a meaning, and if they can't get to break-even, the project makes no sense?
A steady state generator either does or doesn't achieve break-even. A generator that consists of a series of pulses also does or doesn't achieve break-even. Here's what NASA has to say about this:
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2012_phaseII_fellows_slough.html http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2012_phaseII...
Quote: "A subscale, laboratory liner compression test facility will be assembled with sufficient liner kinetic energy (~ 0.5 MJ) to reach fusion breakeven conditions."
I can't believe NASA thinks break-even is an essential program goal. Maybe they should hire you as a consultant, so they won't waste taxpayer dollars trying for break-even, after all, according to you, because the output is pulsed, break-even has no meaning.
> But maintaining a steady reaction is not what this project proposes doing.
You very clearly do not understand the relationship between peak and average power. The device being described generates a series of pulses, but for there to be a point to the exercise, the average output power must exceed break-even.
A radar has a peak output power of two megawatts and a steady-state input power of ten watts. Does the radar violate the principle of energy conservation? Yes or no?
A fusion reactor has a peak output power of two megawatts and requires an average plasma sustaining power of 200 KW. Such a generator either does or does not achieve break-even over time, and as quoted above, NASA cares very much which is so.
> But maintaining a steady reaction is not what this project proposes doing.
You need to learn the relationship between peak and average power. Stop embarrassing yourself.
http://www.radartutorial.eu/18.explanations/ex28.en.html http://www.radartutorial.eu/18.explanations/ex28.en.html
http://hank.uoregon.edu/experiments/modelocked-fiberlaser/20063.pdf http://hank.uoregon.edu/experiments/modelocked-fiberlaser/20...
> Do you get it yet?
You have managed to miss every key fact about this project.