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#276 2004-03-12 21:54:47
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
I smacked mine to. Hey so you have alternate pumps for back ups so you can keep pressure, and perform maintenance on the others.
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#277 2004-03-12 21:55:37
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
I smacked mine to. Hey so you have alternate pumps for back ups so you can keep pressure, and perform maintenance on the others. 
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#278 2004-03-12 22:02:43
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
I really don't think you have a clue what kind of engineering nightmare you are getting yourself into with all this mega-super-ultra-uber high pressure plumbing.
[i]"The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw[/i]
[i]The glass is at 50% of capacity[/i]
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#279 2004-03-12 22:11:42
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
Perhaps, there is a better way? Lets talk about the laser light with the hole in it for a while???
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#280 2004-03-12 22:14:39
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
Tungsten is not some wonder metal... it might be able to withstand the pressures, but I bet its either quite brittle or else can't withstand deformation long.
That won't work because lasers don't push atoms unless they are within a hairs' bredth of absolute zero, and they definatly won't push alot of atoms in any event, and most of the energy will just be absorbed as EM radiation, not converted to momentum through elastic collision. Light is not a true "particle."
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#281 2004-03-12 22:22:46
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
Brittle yes, I know for sure you can snap it in your hands But it can be alloyed or bonded with other metals I'm sure.
The laser light with the hole, what would happen to the air in the center hole if it was pointed up?
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#282 2004-03-12 22:38:12
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
If you alloy it with anything though, you are going to lose some of that stiffness and still not improve the hydrogen permiation problem (runing of a multi-ton super high pressure pump in HOURS), and tungsten is already borderline by my estimation.
Nothing. It would get a little warm.
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#283 2004-03-12 22:43:50
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
Would it be confined in that space by the beam? Could it get out of the center?
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#284 2004-03-12 22:47:04
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
No it would not be confined... a laser is just a light source, not a magic force field... it acts like most forms of EM energy until you get down to extreme temperatures.
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#285 2004-03-12 22:50:16
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
What if a particle beam was shaped the same way would the atmosphere be trapped in the center?
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#286 2004-03-13 10:02:22
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
Not really, and a particle beam can only travel feet in air at ground level pressure before being blocked. There is a good reason the particle beam chaimber is under vacuum.
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#287 2024-06-04 07:16:59
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Re: Physics transfers fuel inside carbon nano tube - fuel into space
an old topic maybe worth looking at again
Possible fuel for Chemicals Center or Nuclear Ion Propulsion?
'Unusual Ion May Influence Uranus and Neptune's Magnetic Fields'
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Unus … s_999.html
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