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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Channeling Star Trek: Researchers to Begin Fusion Impulse Engine Experiments
« on: October 03, 2012, 1212 UTC »
Star Trek fans take note: Have a seat before you read the next sentence or prepare to swoon.

University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) aerospace engineers working with NASA, Boeing and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are investigating how to build fusion impulse rocket engines for extremely high-speed space travel.

“Star Trek fans love it, especially when we call the concept an impulse drive, which is what it is,” says team member Ross Cortez, an aerospace engineering Ph.D. candidate at UAH’s Aerophysics Research Center.

Stay seated Trekkies, because there’s more.

“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 dilithium crystals we’re using,” Cortez says, referring to the real-world equivalent of the fictional element used to power Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise...

http://txchnologist.com/post/32463368168/channeling-star-trek-researchers-to-begin-fusion
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Re: Channeling Star Trek: Researchers to Begin Fusion Impulse Engine Experiments
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2012, 2030 UTC »
Anybody who has watched the disk "extras" knows the ST people got their tech advice from real rocket engineers and scientists... it's only logical that the world eventually catches up :P

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Re: Channeling Star Trek: Researchers to Begin Fusion Impulse Engine Experiments
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2012, 0136 UTC »
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Re: Channeling Star Trek: Researchers to Begin Fusion Impulse Engine Experiments
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2012, 0351 UTC »
Must be planning to get Fansome off Mars in time for him to meet up with the Catfish Men of Nibiru.
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