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Real weapons-grade lasers on the horizon
Destructavator:
I'm not a science major, to be honest a good deal of what you've said is way over my head, but regarding your last point:
--- Quote ---The article quoted in this thread talks about the hypotheses of doing nuclear fusion at "cold" temperatures through laser pressure (ITER that I've linked will try to do "hot" fusion), but cold fusion is already being considered not doable for energy production by scientists and that's not a really option right now.
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...The game takes place 80 some years in the future, do you think much of this will change by then?
BTW, I think its great you're joining us in these discussions, as the game aims more for "hard" science-fiction (more realistic) and tries to avoid the "soft" (fantasy-ish) type of sci-fi.
odie:
--- Quote from: Destructavator on June 29, 2009, 02:02:12 am ---I'm not a science major, to be honest a good deal of what you've said is way over my head, but regarding your last point:
...The game takes place 80 some years in the future, do you think much of this will change by then?
BTW, I think its great you're joining us in these discussions, as the game aims more for "hard" science-fiction (more realistic) and tries to avoid the "soft" (fantasy-ish) type of sci-fi.
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Actually Destructavator,
Going by how Nuclear bombs x2 were used on japan in WW2, to today's use of nuclear fission (safer too), that took us a solid 50 60 years.
If we were to consider exponentially going into a particular field such as tachyon / laser, we might be able to reach its commercial usage in say 30-40 years (considering we have MUCH faster computers and better research abilities).
Hence, to compound that by another 40 years (80 years from now), i thnk its possible to achieve laser grade weapons in the size of your norm DF cartridges, possibly even furthering it in just a couple of wks (out of desperation and world-wide focus of resources on just that development).
How plausible does that sound to us? If so, we have already established our 'reasoning and logic' for going the 'laser WAY". :D
romanovzky:
Nuclear fusion might be a reality at ITER. It will be the first commercial scale reactor in operation (still with experimental purposes but with the aim of doing it commercially doable). But ITER will only be operational at 2018 (big machine, cutting edge technology, all new...) so we will be waiting a little to see how it comes out.
With this it's evident that if for us it is a near future reality, for ultra high tech aliens it most be a reality.
About the cold fusion, there are some theoretical problems that nobody could prove wrong (and there's not enough experimental data to prove wrong) that sustain the impossibility for chain reactions at cold fusion. Without a chain reaction fusion you can't produce energy, if this theoretical conclusion is in fact true then you can't produce energy by cold fusion, and this is valid here, mars, moon, other galaxies, etc (physics' laws are universal).
About the laser weapons, off course we can always believe that technology will involve in some way to miniaturize the size of machines (such as the apparatus used at that laser experience) but much of the times size is power and energy, and highly energetic lasers require high energetic apparatus.
I'm not ruling out the possibility of mobile laser technology, just point out the difficulties of such technology.
odie:
--- Quote from: romanovzky on June 29, 2009, 11:30:46 am ---Nuclear fusion might be a reality at ITER. It will be the first commercial scale reactor in operation (still with experimental purposes but with the aim of doing it commercially doable). But ITER will only be operational at 2018 (big machine, cutting edge technology, all new...) so we will be waiting a little to see how it comes out.
With this it's evident that if for us it is a near future reality, for ultra high tech aliens it most be a reality.
About the cold fusion, there are some theoretical problems that nobody could prove wrong (and there's not enough experimental data to prove wrong) that sustain the impossibility for chain reactions at cold fusion. Without a chain reaction fusion you can't produce energy, if this theoretical conclusion is in fact true then you can't produce energy by cold fusion, and this is valid here, mars, moon, other galaxies, etc (physics' laws are universal).
About the laser weapons, off course we can always believe that technology will involve in some way to miniaturize the size of machines (such as the apparatus used at that laser experience) but much of the times size is power and energy, and highly energetic lasers require high energetic apparatus.
I'm not ruling out the possibility of mobile laser technology, just point out the difficulties of such technology.
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Just being curious romanovzky,
Are u majoring in physics at masters or bachalor degree lvl? Or do u specialize in some sort of physics / quantum research??
romanovzky:
By this summer I'll have my B.Sc. level. In September I'll start my M.Sc. level (1 academic year, 0.5 mixed year (academic, investigation) plus 0.5 year for dissertation(and investigation)).
Nevertheless I've been granted a fellowship for Investigation Integration in an investigation center for theoretical particle physics at my university.
At M.Sc. I'll focus mainly on Theoretical Physics, Fundamental Particles and such.
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