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re: Lunar Helium-3, and Orbiting Fusion Powerplants

Success_Machine — 1/15/2004 8:55:34 AM (archived)

Check out the size of the proposed fusion reactor. It is expected that a single commercial fusion powerplant would be about 20 percent bigger, and mass a little under 50,000 metric tonnes. Eventually we might need about 50 of these systems orbiting Earth, supplied by Lunar He-3 fuel, with microwave-beam transmitters to supply power to orbiting heavy-lift ARMXERs:

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• why go to Mars from the Moon? - Delbert - 1/15/2004 1:02:43 AM
  • re: why go to Mars from the Moon? - Larry J - 1/15/2004 1:46:27 AM
    • That's Not The Main Problem - Mark Eby - 1/15/2004 3:07:53 AM
      • Refueling on the Moon was debunked decades ago - Gary - 1/15/2004 6:09:02 AM
        • Would you care to elaborate? - McFly - 1/15/2004 2:21:56 PM
          • re: Would you care to elaborate? - Gary - 1/15/2004 6:39:30 PM
            • re: Would you care to elaborate? - McFly - 1/15/2004 7:24:42 PM
              • re: Would you care to elaborate? - gbaikie - 1/15/2004 9:20:27 PM
        • re: Lunar Resources - Success_Machine - 1/15/2004 8:43:27 AM
          • Helium 3 oversold - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2004 5:08:34 PM
            • Helium 3 is complete bull dung - Gary - 1/15/2004 5:37:05 PM
              • re: Lunar Base will be set up around 2020 AD - Success_Machine - 1/26/2004 1:59:32 PM
                • Nuclear fusion - Gary - 1/27/2004 6:43:05 AM
                  • re: Nuclear fusion - Ryan - 1/28/2004 10:00:59 AM
          • re: Lunar Helium-3, and Orbiting Fusion Powerplants - Success_Machine - 1/15/2004 8:55:34 AM
            • re: Orbital Skyhook (ARMXER) concept - Success_Machine - 1/15/2004 9:47:16 AM
              • Has anyone ever accused you of not "Dreaming big"? N/T (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/15/2004 3:31:07 PM
                • re: I don't see any other way - Success_Machine - 1/16/2004 6:00:16 AM
                  • re: I don't see any other way - Ryan - 1/28/2004 10:44:41 AM
    • Launching from the Moon - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2004 2:59:08 AM
  • What he means is - Buck Galaxy - 1/15/2004 1:30:39 AM
    • re: What he means is - Mark Eby - 1/15/2004 3:15:43 AM
      • Relative delta-Vs don't matter. You're building Moon infrastructure using stuff launched from Earth. It makes no sense. - Chris Vancil - 1/15/2004 8:25:23 AM
        • re: Clarification: Moon fuel can't cost less than that from Earth unless it is already refined and in tanks when you get there. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/15/2004 10:53:40 PM
        • re: Clarification: Moon fuel can't cost less than that from Earth unless it is already refined and in tanks when you get there. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/15/2004 10:53:27 PM
    • It's Easier to Reach The Moon From Mars Than Earth. - Mark Eby - 1/15/2004 3:12:17 AM
      • Why reinvent the wheel? - Old space fan - 1/25/2004 1:00:00 PM
        • Shuttle Simply Doesn't Have Enough Power. - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 9:08:23 PM
          • re: Shuttle Simply Doesn't Have Enough Power. - gbaikie - 1/26/2004 11:37:46 PM