Posts: General / It didnt work so well for Doctor Octopus

http://www.cnn.com/2010/T.../index.html?hpt=C1

"Scientists" are attempting to create a star in a lab........to solve the energy crisis.

'If all goes well, the resulting reaction will be hotter than the center of the sun (more than 100 million degrees Celsius) and will exert more pressure than 100 billion atmospheres. This will smash the hydrogen isotopes together with so much force and heat that their nuclei will fuse, sending off energy and neutrons.

Voila. An itty-bitty star is born.'

Can't we experiment with this shit in another solar system somewhere.

doctoapus lol

Mildly interesting side note: I applied there recently.

Also, why did you put scientists in quotes?

kyle: Mildly interesting side note: I applied there recently. Also, why did you put scientists in quotes?

because the jury is still out on "science"

kyle:
Mildly interesting side note: I applied there recently.

Also, why did you put scientists in quotes?

because the other scientists in the article questioned the practicality of these experiments. Not necessarily because I think they don't know what they're doing.

My best friend actually worked on pieces of glass for this. I don't really know a lot about it but he worked in an optics lab.

onemiamibum:


because the other scientists in the article questioned the practicality of these experiments. Not necessarily because I think they don't know what they're doing.

Practicality is for pussies. There wasn't much reason for us to land on the moon, but fuck that noise, we did it anyways, 'cus we're Americans (fuck yea).

kyle:


Practicality is for pussies. There wasn't much reason for us to land on the moon, but fuck that noise, we did it anyways, 'cus we're Americans (fuck yea).

I think thats a silly statement. The purpose of landing on the moon was to test if we had the technology to visit another body. Visiting another body included so many variables that until we tested our theories we wernt sure it was going to work. now so much of what we learned seems obvious, but back then we didnt know shit.

i hope they succeed, imagine never paying for electricity. mmm. ENERGY!!!!

onemiamibum:

I think thats a silly statement. The purpose of landing on the moon was to test if we had the technology to visit another body. Visiting another body included so many variables that until we tested our theories we wernt sure it was going to work. now so much of what we learned seems obvious, but back then we didnt know shit.

The purpose of creating this laser is to test if we have the capability to harness fusion on Earth. That is a far more meaningful test, as far as humanity is concerned. Mind you the Apollo project ended up costing a little more than $25 billion (as reported to congress in 1973), compared to this "limitless energy" project which has only consumed $2 billion thus far. In my opinion, even if this project exceed the Apollo budget, it's well worth it. $25 billion is less than ~0.3% of the US FY budget. Spread that over a decade or two and well, damn, that's hardly anything.