Yes, but "actual scientists" need decent funding to do this kind of work.
BTW, there is a typo in previous post: should be "Ni-H" - as in "why would they replicate Pd-D which has so little chance of commercialization, due to the thousand-fold higher cost of the reactants, instead of Ni-H which does have a chance?" As mentioned in previous postings, palladium has hit $1000/ounce at times in recent history, and nickel is in the range of $1/ounce. The huge cost disparity between D and H is even greater. The point being: if Preparata had focused on Ni-H, where the "end game" is obvious (Ni-H can be commercialized far more easily) then there would have been a better chance that he would have been replicated. However, it was one of those quirks of history that "nano" was not being tried in 1995, and Ni-H benefits greatly from nano. (although no one except NASA took the time to replicate Thermacore, and even with that replication, political pressure was too great for them to get continued funding, EVEN AT NASA). From: James Bowery * Yes, we're home. Yawn. Why should it be a surprise, if the answer is no? Because there do exist some actual scientists.
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