There are several other videos of it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIg6pWwezEU&NR=1
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIg6pWwezEU&NR=1>I was thinking that because you can control it with a magnetic field could you also increase output by using multiple detuned engines that combine at the output? They said in the video that it could reach speeds up to 140,000mph. Which could make a trip to the moon and back something you could do on your lunch break. On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > So much for that. Vid's not up right now. I've bookmarked it, and will come > back to it. > > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks much, Mr Worf! About to pause the work to watch it now... >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> They have shown it on a couple of shows. It was developed by a former >>> astronaut. Here's a video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5a7_1255323536 >>> >>> >>> <http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5a7_1255323536> >>> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Martin Baxter >>> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> No, not yet. I'll keep an eye out for it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Did you see the show where they debuted the plasma powered engine? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Keith Johnson < >>>>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ha-ha! I was watching one of the great science shows on cable >>>>>> recently. I think it was "The Universe" on The History Channel. They had >>>>>> an >>>>>> ep on deep space probes and discussed ion powered ships. The program >>>>>> indicated they're getting better all the time, and that in the next ten - >>>>>> twenty years, we may be able to see a severalfold increase in the speed >>>>>> of >>>>>> probes using ion power. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> >>>>>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:15:36 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Subcritical accelerator driven thorium >>>>>> nuclear reactor >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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. 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