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Re: starship-design: query.Opps
In a message dated 4/6/00 5:53:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, STAR1SHIP writes:
> n a message dated 4/5/00 12:13:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, nlindber@u.
> washington.edu writes:
>
> > Can anyone send me a link (or many links) relating to Electrostatic
> > Inertial Confinement of plasmas, especially Bussard's "polywell" device?
> > Thanks,
> > Nels
>
> On applied physics.
> A world wide patent search(1990) in applied physics for plasma rocket
> engines(two dimensional containers) revealed:
>
> Nuclear Powered Propulsive Device- Arthur W. Blackman Jr.- Pat 3,108,054
> Gaseous Vortex Reactor For A Rocket Motor- Frank E. Rom- Pat 3,270,496
> Nuclear Rocket Motor- Frank E. Rom et al (Lat."and other(s)") -Pat
3,336,749
>
> Gas Core Reactor Propulsion System- Henry M. Hunter et al- Pat 3,399,534
> Gaseous Nuclear Rocket Engine- Sheldon Weinbaum et all- Pat 3,714,782
>
> Type in the above patent number at the U.S. patent office website and you
> will get the complete plans and description for two dimensional plasma
> containment devices.
>
> My two dimensional container is
A Plasma Rocket Engine
http://members.aol.com/tjac780754/indexb.htm
>
> A magnetoplasmatic rocket engine VASIMIR
> is a proposal to construct a proof of principle test under NASA
supervision.
> Link
> http://spacsun.rice.edu/aspl/
>
> For theoretical physics:
> and three dimensional containers you are on your own as presently
scientists
> do not know how to contain a plasma in three dimensions for any significant
> length of time or even having significant power levels that do not burst or
> leak from the container. I do not know why they want one.
>
> I am not sure what you want the info for but I hope the links help. If you
> have want to know anything more specific jusk ask.
>
> Who is Bussard and what did he contain?
>
> Bussard's inventions are listed as references by patent number in many of
> the above patents(not mine) and use the given patent numbers to see his
> machines. Find his Patent proper name used and you can search for his
> unlisted patents. "Polywell" will not return search results unless that is
> the proper name of his patented invention.
>
> Tom
Pardon the previous garbeled post. I had e-mailed it to nlindber@u.
washington.edu and negleted to forward to this list and the first attempt to
correct failed- So with rewrite
Kelly your good links were on target for theoretical physics.
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