[OT] Zero-point energy (was Re: 3-phase (was: Re: CDC 9766 Drive and packs))

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Fri Feb 5 13:05:53 1999

"Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de> wrote:
>
> Ridicoulous to think that there has never in this Universe
> been a critical gathering of fissionable material big enough
> to start a reaction. But we don't need the universe it has
> hapened on earth - there are several natural uranium deposits
> that tell stories that there must have been a moderate fission
> process within in the past.

Hi
 It isn't just the quantity of fissionable material that
makes a bomb work, you also need a way to increase
the number of neutrons quickly. This material is sometimes
called a trigger. The idea is a fast bomb, not a slowwww one.
Dwight
Received on Fri Feb 05 1999 - 13:05:53 GMT