Superconductor and Antimatter Bootstrap Space Launch, Propulsion and Weapons
Updated: 2010-03-20 07:02:32
, skip to main skip to sidebar Next Big Future Tracking high impact progress to the technology future , future technology and especially advanced nanotechnology , nuclear and energy technology , quantum computers , life extension , space technology and AI . Proposing and tracking the best societal , business and technical choices to the next big things that will shape our future . Official Lifeboat Foundation news . source March 19, 2010 Superconductor and Antimatter Bootstrap Space Launch , Propulsion and Weapons Ads Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Extraction of Antiparticles Concentrated in Planetary Magnetic Fields by James Bickford describes an orbital plasma magnet system for concentrating and trapping . antiprotons The baseline concept calls for using conventional high temperature superconductors to form two pairs of RF coils that have a radius of 100 m and weigh just 7000 kg combined . A 5000 kg nuclear or solar power system provides the 200 kW required to operate systems and compensate for dissipative losses in the plasma . The magnetic field induced by plasma motion driven by the RF coils is used to first concentrate the incoming antiprotons and
skip to main skip to sidebar Next Big Future Tracking high impact progress to the technology future , future technology and especially advanced nanotechnology , nuclear and energy technology , quantum computers , life extension , space technology and AI . Proposing and tracking the best societal , business and technical choices to the next big things that will shape our future . Official Lifeboat Foundation news . source March 19, 2010 High Temperature Superconductor Status and Future Prospects Ads Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. Summarized benefits of second generation high temperature superconducting wire and devices Superpower inc believes that with the vortex pinning properties of YCBO and the grain boundary properties of BSCCO 2212 that it could be possible at colder temperatures to achieve magnets with over 100 Tesla in field strength . A graph below illustrates the temperatures and field strength that could be possible with YCBO superconductors . This review is not looking at what could be possible with major breakthroughs in superconductor science which could lead to a new generation of superconductors with even higher field strength and room
skip to main skip to sidebar Next Big Future Tracking high impact progress to the technology future , future technology and especially advanced nanotechnology , nuclear and energy technology , quantum computers , life extension , space technology and AI . Proposing and tracking the best societal , business and technical choices to the next big things that will shape our future . Official Lifeboat Foundation news . source March 19, 2010 Boeing Completes Preliminary Design of 100 Kilowatt Free Electron Laser Weapon System and Eventually Megawatt Class Lasers Ads Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Boeing has a complete 100 kilowatt free electron laser FEL design which will operate by passing a beam of high-energy electrons through a series of powerful magnetic fields , generating an intense emission of laser light that can disable or destroy targets The Boeing news release does not mention the 100 Kilowatt power level , but the 163 million program is working to a 100 kilowatt FEL laser demonstrator and eventually megawatt class FEL that will be deployed on navy . ships Photonics Two companies are competing to develop the laser , The Boeing Co . 8217 s Directed
skip to main skip to sidebar Next Big Future Tracking high impact progress to the technology future , future technology and especially advanced nanotechnology , nuclear and energy technology , quantum computers , life extension , space technology and AI . Proposing and tracking the best societal , business and technical choices to the next big things that will shape our future . Official Lifeboat Foundation news . source March 17, 2010 New Pictures and Updated Goals for EMC2 Fusion and their IEC Fusion Project Ads Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software EMC2 Fusion Development Corporation has updated their site What EMC2 has been proven Fusion and Control of Electron Losses WB-6 2005 Validation of WB-6 Results With Improved Diagnostics WB-7 2008 this was getting 100,000 lower electron losses for IEC nuclear fusion Confinement Behavior With Detailed Diagnostics WB-8 2010 Fusion R D Phase 1 Validate and extend WB-6 results with WB-7 : Device 1.5 years 1.8M , Successfully Completed Fusion R D Phase 2 Design , build and test larger scale WB-8 Polywell Device 2 years 7M , In Process should be done late in 2010 or in 2011 Fusion R D Phase 3 Design , build and test full
skip to main skip to sidebar Next Big Future Tracking high impact progress to the technology future , future technology and especially advanced nanotechnology , nuclear and energy technology , quantum computers , life extension , space technology and AI . Proposing and tracking the best societal , business and technical choices to the next big things that will shape our future . Official Lifeboat Foundation news . source March 16, 2010 32 Megajoule Railgun Prototype on Track for 2011 Ads Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software General Atomics GA is actively working to bring Advanced Electromagnetic Launch Technology to the US Department of Defense in several important . areas GA is currently supporting the development of advanced pulsed power , launcher , and projectile technology as part of the Office of Naval Research’s ONR Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype Program Objective is a 64 Megajoule Railgun Lead to significant advances in Navy and Marine Corps capabilities , and ship design Range will be nearly 20 times that of the current MK 45, 5-inch Naval gun All weather projectile–Mach 7 at launch , Mach 5 at impact— greatly reduces response time of Naval gunfi