Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days or so

2013-04-12 Thread Max Dillon
Exactly, compression ignition! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Hendrik and fay heni...@gmail.com wrote: Ooooh worlds first Diesel powered space craft, I'll be your bartender. Hendrik who is packing the spacesuit as we speak On 12/04/13 06:00, Max Dillon wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Max Dillon
Last I heard, National Ignition Facility was still working on fusion reaction ignition. I'm skeptical... -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote: Gerry Archer wrote: The proposed Fusion Driven Rocket (FDR) is a 150-ton system that uses

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Rich Thomas
Google Project Orion --R On 4/11/13 9:15 AM, Max Dillon wrote: Last I heard, National Ignition Facility was still working on fusion reaction ignition. I'm skeptical... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Max Dillon
That was fission, which is dirty compared to fusion. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Google Project Orion --R On 4/11/13 9:15 AM, Max Dillon wrote: Last I heard, National Ignition Facility was still

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Rich Thomas
In space, no one can hear you scream from dirty radiation poisoning. And so far, the EPA have passed no regulations or implemented any Executive Orders regarding dirty bombs in space, though there might be some treaties or something. But to treaties, once I start the propulsion system, I

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Max Dillon
Yes, a quick read indicates the death of the Orion project was fear and politics, not science. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: In space, no one can hear you scream from dirty radiation poisoning. And so

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Max Dillon
Craig can design it, you build it, Wilton and OK Don will fly it, Chairman Mao needs to be there to keep the atmosphere light. What are you guys waiting for? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: In space, no one

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-11 Thread Peter Frederick
Yeah, for 40 years I've been hearing about this. I suspect it's just like flying cars. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days or so

2013-04-11 Thread Hendrik and fay
Ooooh worlds first Diesel powered space craft, I'll be your bartender. Hendrik who is packing the spacesuit as we speak On 12/04/13 06:00, Max Dillon wrote: Craig can design it, you build it, Wilton and OK Don will fly it, Chairman Mao needs to be there to keep the atmosphere light. What are

[MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-10 Thread Gerry Archer
NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 days NASA, and plenty of private individuals, want to put mankind on Mars. Now a team at the University of Washington, funded by the space agency, is about to start building a fusion engine that could get humans there in just 30 days

Re: [MBZ] Fusion engine to Mars in 30 days

2013-04-10 Thread Fmiser
Gerry Archer wrote: The proposed Fusion Driven Rocket (FDR) is a 150-ton system that uses magnetism to compress lithium or aluminum metal bands around a deuterium-tritium fuel pellet to initiate fusion. The resultant microsecond reaction forces the propellant mass out at 30 kilometers per