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Originally posted by Byrd
Okay.... so why haven't we had fusion rockets even for small things like missles, eh? If the government saw it, they'd want it. He couldn't hold onto a secret like that.
Originally posted by contemplator
I'll go through it but if I find he is making any money from the claims then it's bunk.
Originally posted by Byrd
Okay.... so why haven't we had fusion rockets even for small things like missles, eh? If the government saw it, they'd want it. He couldn't hold onto a secret like that.
The preconceptual design of a Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor (SOAR), which delivers up to 1000 MWe for at least 600 s from an orbited mass of about 500 tonnes, was accomplished. The power is produced by a magnetically confined D-3He plasma. Approximately 96% of the fusion energy is in charged particles, and a direct converter has been designed which converts much of this energy into electricity at high net efficiency (about 80%). An advanced shield design allows SOAR to deliver approximately 2 kilowatts of electricity for every kilogram of material orbited. The shield is designed to absorb all rejected heat during operation, and no active radiator is required. The SOAR reactor concept is designed to allow rapid startup and shutdown procedures. The lack of radioactivity on launch and the low radioactive inventory after operation make the SOAR concept attractive from maintenance, safety and environmental perspectives. The plasma physics approach extrapolates from the present plasma physics and fusion technology knowledge base using concepts which can be tested on existing or near-term devices. The symbiosis of burst mode requirements, D-3He tandem mirror fusion reactor characteristics, and the space environment leads to a very high performance design concept.
Originally posted by contemplator
can he tell us what metals were used in the rocket to keep it from melting as it approached Mach100
Originally posted by desertseer1
Mr. Adair claimed that he gets all his information from his dreams. I sincerely believe he believes his own story, but he suffers from believing his lively dreams are reality. I must conclude that the story is not truth in anything but in his dreams.
Originally posted by carnival_of_souls2047
Wow until this thread I have never heard of this guy before. Is he a real rocket scientist and if so is there a grain of salt truth to anything he claims? If it is true this one of the most fascinating stories of our lifetime. IF he's not telling the truth and this is some kind of profiteering involved I will be most disappointed. Sometimes it's difficult seperating the wheat from the chaff. Ineresting post -- thanks for heads up.
Originally posted by contemplator
reply to post by zorgon
The guy claimed his rocket went to Area51 and landed there faster than anything man made had ever flown, that you could not even see it take off. Must of had some good computing to adjust for that kind of speed and hit a target with ease, back in the 70's!
I love the Stephen Hawking bit too.. drop a famous name.. ooooh ahhhh.. hawking... instant credibility!
[edit on 27-6-2009 by contemplator]
DrJay1975
Kronos stating the indians know all about them is silly. My grandmother was full blooded crow and she didnt know about them nor do any of the native americans i know.
Nonchalant
So if these engines are living how do they have babies?
And how do you tell a male engine from a female engine?
Oh, and I think this story is BS too.
Flatfish
Anyway, I happen to believe that Adair is telling the truth.