I come from a country where the majority of electric generation was hydro. They would run at full capacity apart from times that they were down for maintenance on the turbiones or generators. (Or when it was a dry winter and the lake levels were low.) About the only time that water would spill over the top of the dam would be when the flow of the river exceeded the capacity of the dam.
However using wind power to create H2 would be a good idea.
Zero emission power plants have existed for more than a century. They are called hydro dams. In some countries this is the main means of producing electricity. The only output is water which would have gone down the river anyway.
I didnt think there was such a thing as an anti neutron since a neutron has no charge. (an anti particle is the same as a particle but with the opposite charge).
It would probably fire if the mechanism didnt freeze up. Of course you would never hit anything with it, since the recoil would send you tumbling backwards...
" I wonder how much heat it takes out of the engine? Would it be enough to see the end of water cooling for the engine?"
They would probably use water from the cooling system to vaporise the hydrogen. Propane powered cars (LPG) use this method. Using the liquid H2 to directly cool the engine would probably cause the engine block to crack.
"Notable Exception: Crista McAuliffe, the teacher killed in the Columbia shuttle explosion, was the only member of her zero-g training group who didn't barf."
Crista McAuliffe was in Challenger, not Columbia. (So she never got to experience real zero G.
The vomit comet is not perfect, it has to cope with atmospheric turbulence. if you have seen video of inside it you will know they bounce around a bit, compared to the more stable shuttle and space station zero g.
" loved Beyond 2000! What ever happened to that show and why don't they bring it back."
Maybe because it is already beyond 2000... They would have to rename the show Beyond 2010 or something...
"The english accents and the just-over-the-horizon tech was great stuff!"
Beyond 2000 was an Australian show, with Aussie presenters. Maybe you can't tell the difference between an Aussie accent and an english one, but they are quite different.
They don't survive being submerged in molten steel either.
Whats the point of all this destructive testing? Do you really need your media to be THAT tough? (with the obvious exception of military applications but they can afford to pay for that.)
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Mod -1 Obscure Heinlein reference
This was in the 1984 film, but not in the book.
And it was recited by Piter De Vries (Baron Harkonnen's Mentat) rather than Thufir Hawat.
"this has to be autonomous, because the acronym for Solar-powered Underwater Vehicle (SUV) is already patented."
Wouldn't that be a SPUV ?
of anything coming from Mars
was a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars
was a million to one
but still, they come.
(From Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of H.G. Wells story)
"Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles... "
I don't know about you, but the planet that I am on orbits at 93 million miles or so from its star.
Maybe the colonists will declare independance.
Its Our moon, since it orbits our planet. Why don't you go back to Vega and leave earth (and the mon) to us Terrans.
Maybe "Napier's Bones"
(Google for it)
I come from a country where the majority of electric generation was hydro. They would run at full capacity apart from times that they were down for maintenance on the turbiones or generators. (Or when it was a dry winter and the lake levels were low.) About the only time that water would spill over the top of the dam would be when the flow of the river exceeded the capacity of the dam .
However using wind power to create H2 would be a good idea.
The first monolith was found in the crater Tycho, because of its strong magnetic field. Hence Tycho Magnetic Anomoly (TMA).
Zero emission power plants have existed for more than a century. They are called hydro dams. In some countries this is the main means of producing electricity. The only output is water which would have gone down the river anyway.
"70,000 feet is above most of the world's surface-to-air-missile systems as well."
I guess Francis Gary Powers thought that too.
(His U2 was shot down over Russia in the 60's - U2's also fly at 70 thousand feet)
How can the FEC 'regulate' political web sites that are hosted in other countries than the US?
"Any self-respecting supervillain uses neutronium/anti-neutronium."
I didnt think there was such a thing as an anti neutron since a neutron has no charge. (an anti particle is the same as a particle but with the opposite charge).
It would probably fire if the mechanism didnt freeze up. Of course you would never hit anything with it, since the recoil would send you tumbling backwards...
" I wonder how much heat it takes out of the engine? Would it be enough to see the end of water cooling for the engine?"
They would probably use water from the cooling system to vaporise the hydrogen. Propane powered cars (LPG) use this method. Using the liquid H2 to directly cool the engine would probably cause the engine block to crack.
But the lead singer of the Moody Blues (Justin Hayward) sung the best song on the album (Forever Autumn)
"Notable Exception: Crista McAuliffe, the teacher killed in the Columbia shuttle explosion, was the only member of her zero-g training group who didn't barf."
Crista McAuliffe was in Challenger, not Columbia. (So she never got to experience real zero G.
The vomit comet is not perfect, it has to cope with atmospheric turbulence. if you have seen video of inside it you will know they bounce around a bit, compared to the more stable shuttle and space station zero g.
The Fithp are coming...
Or the "essential 12939 supplies" from Mercenary.
(Hint: look at that number in a calculator in a mirror)
"1000 factorial is calculated and displayed in the blink of an eye (the built in command takes 30 seconds)."
So how big a display has this thing got if it can display 1000! Not sure how big it would be, my guess is somewhere between a googol and a googolplex.
I thought that the space equivalent of Junkyard Wars was the X Prize.
"wtf is a pom?"
Slang for someone from Britain, at least in Australia and New Zealand.
I believe the american term is "Limey"
" loved Beyond 2000! What ever happened to that show and why don't they bring it back."
Maybe because it is already beyond 2000... They would have to rename the show Beyond 2010 or something...
"The english accents and the just-over-the-horizon tech was great stuff!"
Beyond 2000 was an Australian show, with Aussie presenters. Maybe you can't tell the difference between an Aussie accent and an english one, but they are quite different.
They don't survive being submerged in molten steel either.
Whats the point of all this destructive testing? Do you really need your media to be THAT tough? (with the obvious exception of military applications but they can afford to pay for that.)