At 02:19 PM 5/22/2012, Alan J Fletcher wrote:
At 07:40 AM 5/22/2012, Daniel Rocha wrote:
And it is extremely ambitious to talk about 1KJ. 6 orders of
magnitude of improvement within a few months.
The Weinberg report :
http://www.blacklightpower.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/WeinbergReport.pdf
indicates that it's straight-forward electro-chemical engineering.
I see that Rowan U has had quite a long association with BLP. eg
Their Blacklight Rocket Engine
http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/752Marchese.pdf
Weinberg says it's not unheard of to get a 10^5 increase from first
"hit" to production .. but BLP has been at it quite a while.
Or is the main change that they're no longer aiming at heat, but
direct electricity, and THAT is unoptimized?
Also, Weinberg's calculation of reactions/area assume it's hydrinos
-- so the reaction rate from some other mechanism could be quite different.
So ... since these are mostly "consultant" reports (except the
anonymous Fortune 500 company) .. how "independent" are they?
