emp_zealoth

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by emp_zealoth 13y ago
George Westinghouse bought the rights to a steam turbine design off a UK engineer. Technically it wasn't "theft", but the idea wasn't his, was it? Also, one of the first working steam turbines was built in Sweden. We stand on shoulders of g
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by emp_zealoth 13y ago
Wow, the Chosen Nation much? Nations have been rebuilt thriving ages and it is not something unique. Take Poland for example. The country was gone for 123 years, yet it is back, catching up to the European level. There's nothing "special"
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by emp_zealoth 14y ago
I remember reading about the issue in a book called "This New Ocean" apparently by the time Apollo was on the go NASA had to ask the military to position the ships off to the side of the splashdown zone - the guidance improved so dramatical
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by emp_zealoth 14y ago
Sorry, this site really doesn't like pinch to zoom. I'm having a little trouble - the post wasn't even supposed to be posted, but oh well. I was doing research and apparently I was wrong too, depending on a definition of fusion breakeven (w
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by emp_zealoth 14y ago
You insist on a misnomer. Achieving electrical breakeven haven't been done yet (and even if it will be)
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by emp_zealoth 14y ago
It is not even supposed to be used to generate electrical power. Citing from the site itself: "Virtually all of the radiant, neutron and particle energy from the plasma is absorbed by the encapsulating, metal blanket thereby isolating the
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by emp_zealoth 14y ago
You are completely missing a point of this. It is a propulsion system, not a power generating one. Chemical rocket engine doesn't generate any electrical power either. Main factors in propulsion is specific impulse and reaction mass and th