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— Latest in space (@latestinspace) September 15, 2022
Lots of big brains in the comments:
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Some people just hate fun:
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Yeah Ironically the moon is way more atracctive for resources because of helium3
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Why do we need helium3?
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Good for fusion
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it would already be a reality if we spent 1% of all the money wasted on frivolous welfare programs on fusion instead.
a lot of very powerful people want to delay fusion for as long as possible, because it would ruin most energy companies, oil companies, etc..
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FTFY.
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de gustibus non est disputandum
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Corporatio delenda est.
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inshallah brozzer
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Why don't we spend 1% of the money wasted on tax cuts on gassing the poor then we can spend 100% of the money spent on welfare on space
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Use the poor as energy fuel could be the new modest proposal
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Why not both, but primarily the former?
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@Sasanka_of_Gauda Frick you
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We should just fuse all the fatties together. Two birds one stone.
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They brought back the director from the original helium and it's supposed to fix a lot of the plotholes in helium2.
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This is such a Reddit comment but it still made me laugh.
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this is such a reddit comment and it didn't make me laugh lmao ahaha just kidding
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My very limited understanding on the subject is that helium3 I an incredebly efficient source of fuel for interplanetary spaceships
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IF you figure out fusion
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Aim lazers at H3-molecule, hot stuf goes boom, eject boom from rear thrusters, there I solved it
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But how do you ensure that not too much stuff goes boom and the entire ship goes ka-boom?
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If make thing big boom no break thing.
Grug can into space
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FRICK YOU. I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH YOUR FRICKING DRAMA BULLSHIT. FRICK. OFF.
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As long as your fuel weighs less than around 1% the sun, a chain reaction will not happen
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Just dont use that much fuel??? What a stupid question πππ
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Then why can't be boil water that way yet?
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I mean we can boil a lot of water that way.... once
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We could bury a fusion bomb incredibly deep underground, blow it to make a huge cavern, then fill it with water and blow another fusion bomb to generate a frickton of high-pressure steam to run generators with. This process could be repeated.
Really though the issue is creating stable sustained fusion that puts out more energy than we put in. Researchers here in California led by Omar Hurricane achieved fusion ignition for the first time, creating a very brief self-sustaining reaction, so we're on the trail.
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So Doc Oc doesn't get it.
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It makes funny voice
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Heavier than normal helium so it's easier fusion fuel.
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helium 3 is a meme, it's spread evenly throughout the soil. you need to process like a million tons of soil to get a single ton of it.
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People used to say the same thing about gas in shale, we'll find a way - we're fricking smart
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No.
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unironically the moon isn't actually real and is just a space station
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The moon is the sun in drag
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Isn't mars full if it, just harder to mine?
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I have no idea
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