Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nuclear psub?

["Steven Mills" <barycenter@earthlink.net>]

From: Warrend Greenway <dub@linuxmail.org>

> Yeah, speaking of cloud chamber...Scientific American had a hands-on
article on exactly that,
> years ago. Could be a fun.
>

Hmmm, we seem to be nearing that quantum boundary ( or un-boundary)
In order to get back to the subject of submersibles, perhaps
we might ponder gravity bubbles or gravity wells for pressure
hulls and hydromagneto drives for propulsion.
Anyone think a microwave/ microwave guide to a chamber that would heat the
sea water and the rapid expansion from heated water would
generate enough thrust ?  I think the resonant frequency for water
is around 2.0-2.5 ghz? You'd have to shield it or the submersible would
turn into a microwave oven.

--Steve


> Warren.
>
> > From: Warrend Greenway <dub@linuxmail.org>
> > > I read about a kid in the news, years ago, who made a thermopile type
> > "reactor" (not actually a reactor) from >fire alarms...............
> >
> > I heard about this, too. I believe the isotope in those firealarms is
> > Americium.
> > ( I could be wrong ). They're supposed to have very short half-lives,
but
> > still
> > dangerous to handle.
> >
> > I thought about putting one from those firealarms into a homemade
> > cloudchamber.
> >
> > --Steve
> >
> >
>
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