Aside from the battery, I'm not seeing anything wrong with that idea... On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:
> > > Somewhere in my old house in Fort Worth is a schematic of an ion drive I > did in second grade, after watching an ep of "Star Trek" (had to be "Spock's > Brain"), and reading about electrolytes in my encyclopedia set. I'd read > about how cesium, when immersed in water, would produce ions in solution, > and I'd read about theories for Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the idea of > using fusion power to drive plasma as a source of motion. Then there was > that Trek ep where they said the aliens who took Spock's brain used ion > power, which Kirk said was even beyond Federation tech. So, sure that I'd > stumbled on a major secret, I took pen to paper. I drew a cutaway of the > Jupiter Two from Lost in Space. Inside was a giant water tank. Sitting next > to the tank, like a coal scuttle on a stem locomotive, was a big pile of > cesium bricks--just sitting there. Next to them were some crazy robot arms > with gloved "hands" (think of all the robot extremities as depicted in old > cartoons). The robot hands--two of them--would take turns dumping cesium > bricks into the water tank. Attached to the tank was a big A battery and > wiring so that the ions in solution could be driven to one side of the tank > by the negative pole of the battery. I then had what was for all the world a > tailpipe sticking out the side of the ship, through which the electrons > would shoot into space. > Of course, my eight year old self was certain I'd just solved the problem > of both ion drive and FTL travel. To this day I remember how excited I was > at what I thought I'd created! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, September 4, 2010 4:02:26 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Subcritical accelerator driven thorium nuclear > reactor > > > > The truly futuristic stuff is starting to appear. Once people completely > move away from the big government thinking on energy I think the flood gates > will open with new ideas. > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Took them long enough. >> >> One of my college instructors had a similar thought back in the late 70s. >> A shame he's passed on. >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Here are details of the subcritical accelerator driven thorium nuclear >>> reactor designed by Nobel Laureate Carlo Rubbia. >>> <http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/08/uk-telegraph-supports-new-thorium.html>This >>> reactor was given a supportive article by the UK Telegraph. It has been >>> extensively studied for over 15 years and is expected to have half the cost >>> of existing light water reactors and burn up almost all of the nuclear fuel. >>> The Norwegian group Aker Solutions has bought Dr Rubbia’s patent for the >>> thorium fuel-cycle, and is working on his design for a proton accelerator at >>> its UK operation. They are raising 100 million pounds ($150 million USD) for >>> the next stage of an estimated 2 billion pound ($3 billion USD) project to >>> develop the first commercial unit. >>> >>> >>> <http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyTCyizqrHs/THyDzmlalII/AAAAAAAAI3U/xWKRAKNWsYI/s1600/rubbiaenergyamp.gif> >>> >>> >>> *If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on >>> Reddit<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.reddit.com>, >>> orStumbleUpon<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.stumbleupon.com>. >>> Thanks* >>> >>> *Supporting Advertising* >>> >>> *Business >>> Success*<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=Business%20Success&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >>> >>> *How to Make Money* >>> <http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=How%20to%20Make%20Money&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >>> >>> *Executive Jobs >>> *<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=Executive%20Jobs&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >>> >>> *Paid >>> Surveys*<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=Paid%20Surveys&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Thank You* >>> >>> <http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/Wmn2-tT9a-FsnfprokBSWUY2yCk/0/da> >>> >>> <http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/Wmn2-tT9a-FsnfprokBSWUY2yCk/1/da> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
