15.10.2014, 11:17
2014, October 15, Wednesday
Hi,
Today Lockheed Martin, the USA Pentagon's largest supplier, announced a break in the research to develop the first practical fusion reactor. The first working lab version would be developed and tested, expected to be functioning in about 1 year. A prototype could be ready in about 5 years.
Lockheed says that the reactor section could be towed by a large truck with main component size measuring about 7 feet by 10 feet. The output could be as high as 100 megawatts.
The immediate implications are that viable fusion power is only around the corner. The fusion reactor could economically provide energy for a city or for other major applications such as large ships.
My personal view is that this advancement will enable permanent colonization of space in the foreseeable future, as well.
If this is real, then it would be one of the most important advances in human history!
http://news.yahoo.com/lockheed-says-mak ... nance.html
Clinton
Hi,
Today Lockheed Martin, the USA Pentagon's largest supplier, announced a break in the research to develop the first practical fusion reactor. The first working lab version would be developed and tested, expected to be functioning in about 1 year. A prototype could be ready in about 5 years.
Lockheed says that the reactor section could be towed by a large truck with main component size measuring about 7 feet by 10 feet. The output could be as high as 100 megawatts.
The immediate implications are that viable fusion power is only around the corner. The fusion reactor could economically provide energy for a city or for other major applications such as large ships.
My personal view is that this advancement will enable permanent colonization of space in the foreseeable future, as well.
If this is real, then it would be one of the most important advances in human history!
http://news.yahoo.com/lockheed-says-mak ... nance.html
Clinton