Hi Ok here are some rough numbers:
> On Jan 9, 2017, at 4:35 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) > <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > On 8 Jan 2017 17:34, "Bob Camp" <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > >> You are talking about a project that will take many years and likely >> more money than the price of a new home. If that is “fun money”, then >> fine. For most people that sort of commitment is a bit outside the range >> of do it for fun. > > It would be interesting to see your breakdown of the costs and man hours > for an H2 maser. I suspect that others would find cheaper/faster solutions. $100M for the H2 $25M for the Rb > >> Even as a “fun project”, I question the bang for the buck. If cost and > time >> are no object, why not do an optical ion standard or a Cesium fountain? >> I would suggest that both are more cool than than a maser and likely >> have a lot more fun aspects to them. You then would have something >> truly unique and not simply a more expensive / poorer performing example >> of something you could have bought. > > You raise an interesting point. > > I suspect that if a serious attempt was made at a caesium fountain by a > *group* of people, they might end up with donated parts from places like > NIST, NPL etc. > > Commercial sponsorship could conceivability be an option to funding such a > project, as could wealthy individuals like Richard Branson or James Dyson, > both of whom are interested in technically challenging projects. > > $100 would not go far, but I personally would be willing to donate $100 > towards the cost of such a project, just to feel part of it. $500M for the fountain. To get sponsorship for anything remotely close to those numbers, you need to have some massively good credentials. Bob > >> Bob > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.