I think a lot of the posters in this story are confused because their suggested application is to put this in an automobile.
1. there is no mechanical linkage to the drivetrain, this is a GENERATOR.
2. one design goal was to have only one hot end so they could isolate the permanent magnets to avoid demagnetization.
3. this is not very useful as a motor, lacking an mechanical output.
It seems possible that they could make a dual-stroke version with a combustion chamber on each end. If they were willing to make the generator more than twice as long to keep the magnets away from the 2 hot ends. And deal with more complicated timing issues. And double the weight. And add more moving parts.
-1. Congress micro-managing NASA instead of just budgeting money that goes into a pool that NASA decides priorities on. 0. NASA being primarily a conduit for the distribution of pork, rather than a research organization.
McDonnell Douglas handed the DC-X over to NASA who promptly dropped it and set it on fire.
Man, you make me sad. I remember how COOL that was at the time, it was the FUTURE, landing on a pillar of fire like a proper spaceship. Then we pissed away another 20 years doing nothing with it. May Space X have better luck.
Don't worry, as soon as he has the Falcon heavy ready, he can launch his orbital solar deathray, and then he doesn't need to worry about Obummer (or Putin) interfering in this plans.
If everybody jumped off a cliff, this place would be a lot less crowded with idiots. The stench from the pile of bodies would be horrific. I'm not cleaning up that mess...
What makes you think the kind of people that are willing to stow away in an aircraft wheel well are going to pay to procure an oxygen bottle. They can just borrow one from the nearest retirement castle.
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Shoot! A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
-- Slim Fuckin' Pickens, man!
I think a lot of the posters in this story are confused because their suggested application is to put this in an automobile.
1. there is no mechanical linkage to the drivetrain, this is a GENERATOR.
2. one design goal was to have only one hot end so they could isolate the permanent magnets to avoid demagnetization.
3. this is not very useful as a motor, lacking an mechanical output.
It seems possible that they could make a dual-stroke version with a combustion chamber on each end. If they were willing to make the generator more than twice as long to keep the magnets away from the 2 hot ends. And deal with more complicated timing issues. And double the weight. And add more moving parts.
-1. Congress micro-managing NASA instead of just budgeting money that goes into a pool that NASA decides priorities on.
0. NASA being primarily a conduit for the distribution of pork, rather than a research organization.
I though you said Steven Moffat for a second there.
Ewoks.
Jabba's entourage.
Anybody can die. The trick is to die in an interesting way. Maybe your purpose in life it to serve as a warning to others.
Solved it back when they first came out in '78.
With a SCREWDRIVER.
McDonnell Douglas handed the DC-X over to NASA who promptly dropped it and set it on fire.
Man, you make me sad. I remember how COOL that was at the time, it was the FUTURE, landing on a pillar of fire like a proper spaceship. Then we pissed away another 20 years doing nothing with it. May Space X have better luck.
sssssshhhhhhhh.... you're not supposed to reveal to the supporting characters that they're cannon fodder in a James Bond novel.
Don't worry, as soon as he has the Falcon heavy ready, he can launch his orbital solar deathray, and then he doesn't need to worry about Obummer (or Putin) interfering in this plans.
The Marshal Islanders should be bringing charges against Hormel for genocide.
not sure if joking or not...
geeze, what is that the Weekly World News?! oh, and how did you miss Aborted fetuses from Canada burned at waste facility to power Oregon homes ??!!!
I'm sure this proposal was floated by some FBI agent provocateur.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage. And hams can be quite nerdly.
and corporations are people, too, right?
What's the prescription?
I mean, how many of us can honestly say that at one time or another he hasn't set fire to some great public building.
If everybody jumped off a cliff, this place would be a lot less crowded with idiots.
The stench from the pile of bodies would be horrific. I'm not cleaning up that mess...
Justin Playfair was right. Simple deduction will lead one to the conclusion that Sebastian Moran runs the cable company.
I once shot a corporation in Reno just to watch it die.
What makes you think the kind of people that are willing to stow away in an aircraft wheel well are going to pay to procure an oxygen bottle. They can just borrow one from the nearest retirement castle.
Jetset freighthopping?
Stainless steel hobo?
I'm not gunna use no "liberal SSL", might as well just call it "socialist SSL" and get it over with.
They should call it "FREEDUMB:SSL" and make everybody happy.
Or at least "rePun SSL". Sorry, it's hard finding a use for that -ZL sound.
Because FUCK YOU , that's why.
Hey, where are you going? Come back!
ob. The Far Side reference
I heard that they gave Omni Consumer Products^W^W^W Google to clean up the town. They're doing something with drones.
All Froot Loops flavors are NOT the same!