“The fusion fuel we're focusing on
is deuterium [a stable isotope of hydrogen] and Li6 [a stable
isotope of the metal lithium] in a crystal structure…..That's basically
[Di-Lithium Crystals] we're using.”
AeroSpace Engineering Ph.D. Ross Cortez, University of
Alabama in Huntsville's Aerophysics Research Center, NASA, Boeing, and Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, CNET News
Travel
at light speed may not be physically possible, if we go by the classic
interpretation of Einstein’s Special Relativity Theorem. But travel via Quantum
Teleportation through wormholes, once the traveller is drug induced using
Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) or
Psilocybin to withstand the stresses of the Travel is possible as theorized in
my blog
article entitled “Future
Ultra-Wideband enables Quantum Teleportation - THC, Salvia and Psilocybin Ben
10 Alien Force”.
But
what about short hop flights through the Solar System in days or hours, instead
of years as currently possible using chemical rockets propelled by Hydrogen (at
Lift-off) and Hydrazine (in orbit)combined with using gravitational slingshot
techniques? With current Nuclear Propulsion Technology, as showcase in the
movie Armageddon
(1998) and Deep Impact (1998),
this should already be possible. Well, folks, I’m here to announce that Star
Trek-like Impulse Speeds are indeed possible!
That
is, if the joint Research collaboration between the University of Alabama’s
Huntsville's Aerophysics Research Center, NASA, Boeing, and Oak Ridge National
Laboratory into Nuclear Fusion Impulse Rocket Engines bears fruit as described
in “'Star Trek' fusion impulse engine in
the works”,
published October 2, 2012 10:40 AM PDT by Amanda Kooser, CNET
News.
Note:
The Speed of an Electron in a vacuum is approximately 99,930,819 m/s, which is
1/3 the speed of light in a vacuum, which is 299,792,458 m/s.
This is basically an Ion Drive
Engine based on a design similar to the Daedelus, with a Nuclear Fusion Reactor
as its power source as described in my blog
article entitled “Alternative
Energy and the Ion Drive Engine - Star Trek and Andromeda”
and the article “Alternative
Energy and Daedelus - Avatar and Planet Gliese 581g Next Door”.
What
I especially love about this technology is that it uses Deuterium, a stable
isotope of Hydrogen that’s abundant in seawater but not in the quantities
needed for Space Travel. However, it’s easily mined from poisonous gas clouds
around Gas Giants such as Jupiter or Saturn or one of its Gas-rich Planets.
Due to its perceived nuclear nature
thanks to Media Sensationalization, they’d be a difficulty getting the material,
Deuterium. Necessitating that it be mined initially from the Asteroids or even
the Moon as described in my blog
article entitled “Obama
and Dr. Pell's Moon Express - Fly me To the Moon, I'll Drink To That”.
Somebody’d
have to Space jump down into Jupiter or Saturn’s Atmosphere similar to what was
recently was achieved on Earth by 43-year-old extreme skydiver Felix
Baumgartner on Sunday October 14th 2012 as stated in the article “Baumgartner
makes record-setting skydive”, published October
14, 2012 4:47 AM PDT by Jonathan Skillings, CNET News
and using an inflatable raft, land in the liquid sea of Methane Gas.
They’d
then anchor a Tether to the Ocean Floor (hope Jupiter has a Solid Ocean Floor
below the Methane Seas!!) to anchor the Tether. Then they’d supervise the
attachment of a heavy buoy to keep the bottom end of the tether stable while
the Engineers topside lower the suction hose into the lower atmosphere and
extract the Methane Gas and with it Deuterium.
This
Deuterium then would be chemically combined with Li6 in Space
Stations in Static Orbit around Jupiter or Saturn and used to make the Di-Lithium
Crystals (HLi2), which is chemically known as Di-Lithium Hydride
(HLi2) and has a RMM (Relative Molecular Mass) of 14.890 g.
Its
molecular structure is as shown below:
Di-Lithium
Crystals (HLi2) are ideal storage form for a Nuclear Fusion Reactor
as it locks Deuterium, the main fuel in a stable non-explosive form, possible
as Golf-ball sized Pellets. When it’s needed, it’s heated under extreme
pressure in a vacuum in the Reaction chamber aka the Impulse Engine, Star Trek (1966–1969) Style via
bombardment with High Speed Neutrons or very powerful Shiva Laser.
The
resulting Nuclear Fusion Explosion is cushioned by the Magnetic Dampeners on
the outer edge ring of the Ship’s Reactor Core, which ejects the material, at
this point High speed ions, out the back end of the Nuclear Fusion Impulse Rocket
Engines, creating thrust.
Basically it’s a Chemical Rocket but
using Nuclear Fusion and a fuel whose components are only available in
commercially exploitable amounts in Space, specifically Jupiter, Saturn and its
moons. Thus Floating Refueling Depots in Space above the Planets’ Atmosphere in
static orbits tethered to the Planet’s surface would have to be established to
make this venture viable.
In the long-term, this Floating
Refuelling Depot could be used for Refueling for Interstellar Travel. Future
development of a AMC (Anti-Matter Converter) would eventually make travelling
at speeds faster than Impulse and closer to the Speed of Light possible in the
future….but for now it’s baby steps.
The main problem with this design is
to keep the Engines from blowing up from repeated explosions as described by
PhD Ross Cortez, quote: “Imagine using a 1-ton TNT equivalent explosive and
putting it out the back end of a [Nuclear Fusion Impulse] Rocket. That's what
we're doing here”. Magnetic Damper’ll
have to be VERY powerful Ceramic Magnets to cushion the Ship from the repeated
explosions. Also the rate of Ejection of the Fusion Material would have to be
at a phenomenal Rate, possibly exceeding about 100000 pellets per second!
That’s a lot of Here Comes the Boom (2012) from the Nuclear Fusion Impulse
Rocket’s rear!
But its potential has not gone
unnoticed as it’ll open up Space Exploration in the Solar System, if it’s
developed properly. It’ll also pave the way for Quantum Teleportation between Planets
as described in my blog
article entitled “Scientists demonstrate Quantum
Teleportation over 90 miles on Canary Islands - Telecom Providers become Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy as FLORA Networks are feasible”; travel to each Planet then set up
the Quantum Teleportation Receiver Pad, thus allowing for easy travel of Goods
then eventually people between Planets.
Just remember to take your Marijuana
(Cannabis Sativa) or Psilocybin to
withstand the stresses of Impulse Travel as theorized in my blog
article entitled “Future
Ultra-Wideband enables Quantum Teleportation - THC, Salvia and Psilocybin Ben
10 Alien Force”.
Making
mining the Moon and eventually the Asteroid Belt for Rare Earth Minerals
economically feasible as described in my blog
article entitled “Obama
and Dr. Pell's Moon Express - Fly me To the Moon, I'll Drink To That”.
It would also make short hop interstellar travel to nearby Star systems such as
my blog
articles entitled “Alternative
Energy and the Ion Drive Engine - Star Trek and Andromeda”
and the article “Alternative
Energy and Daedelus - Avatar and Planet Gliese 581g Next Door”
a regular affair.
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