Recent content by Colby

Hello, everyone. I have a project for science fair that I would like to do, but I need verification to see if this will work like I think it will. My experiment's name is "The Effects of Electricity and Configuration on an Electrochemical Cell". It's wordy, but what can I do? Anyhow, my...

Personally, I don't see the problem with storing the waste in Yucca Mountain in the first place. Launching it into space in the first place would be stupid. Like Dr. Greenman said, launch vehicle safety would be your main concern. If the waste can ever be contained safely enough to launch into...

NASA Ames Research Center is working on active cooling to eliminate boil-off. They did some testing and it seemed really promising. As for the leaking, we really just need to invest some more money into that area. It will have to reduce the leakage, eventually, somewhat... hopefully? Well...

Well you can get to the Moon in 24hr with the technology. ;) It's just interesting, especially someday for space tourism. I know I wouldn't want to be stuck in a module with a bunch of tourists for more than day.

If you're socially unaccepted as well as dumb, according to definition you would be a "dweeb". Haha, I mean, who actually makes these definitions up?

Remember, if you use oxygen or carbon dioxide as a fuel, oxidation may occur with the uranium fuel rods. The uranium will corrode and flake off, leaving you with less and less nuclear energy. Eventually, it would just shut down completely. There are I believe reactors out there that would be...

What if we launched it and sent it on a trajectory toward the Sun so that when the nuclear waste hits the Sun and is blown back out as solar wind that the Earth is on the other side of the Sun. I rather have dispersed nuclear waste hitting our atmosphere instead of a fuel rod crashing in my...

Eventually, if we want to establish outposts in our solar system, starting with the Moon, we will need a continuous source of propellants. A space station in LEO and in lunar orbit would be needed. Let's say the propellant of choice is hydrogen and oxygen. What would be the best way of getting...

That is exactly what I feel. China should have the right. Are they honestly ever going to start a war? I doubt it, everything they make basically goes to the U.S. If they attacked us, their economy would crumble with a quick embargo. They know better then to go to war with anyone else...