“It’s like trying to sculpt a piece of jelly into a useful shape, using only rubber bands” - best description I've heard of magnetic confinement fusion.

@nukeariesdiana2476

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@RockHudrock

2 жыл бұрын

And not just *any* rubber bands. …Only the purple rubber bands they use to bundle broccoli together in the produce aisle 🥦

@staleshortcake9442

Жыл бұрын

as someone with adhd, these are my kind of quotes.

@roboticfuzzball179

Жыл бұрын

@@staleshortcake9442 tf does this have to do with adhd?

@sacopanchez151

Жыл бұрын

@@roboticfuzzball179 Maybe it's just the typical "I'm neurodivergent, I'm so quirky" comment. I have Aspergers and it's honestly just annoying how people treat mental disorders like a banner to wave around to draw attention, or even base their whole personalities around it and always feel the need to bring up the fact that they are neurodivergent in everything single conversation no matter the topic.

I love how, no matter how sophisticated they get, rockets can still always be boiled down to "throw stuff out the back of the spacecraft really fast".

@n1k32h

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. That’s physics. Unless you know how to warp space time we gonna throw the kitchen sink out the back of a rocket

@yastreb.

3 жыл бұрын

That's literally the definition of a rocket. A "rocket that does not throw stuff out the back" is an oxymoron.

@calebcarpenter421

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, I forgot that the internet does not have a sense of humor. I also understand the physics, guys. I'm just saying physics is funny sometimes.

@n1k32h

3 жыл бұрын

@@yastreb. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

@wolfgrey7785

3 жыл бұрын

The only way to get around this is to build a craft that uses magnetic energy as propulsion a craft than can tap into unseen waves of magnetic energy would work on earth not sure about space

Love how accurate to real life Kerbal is. It even has the development delays down to a T!

@shiranaihito9720

3 жыл бұрын

However the SpaceX DLC will come almost instantly... and it will crash a lot.

@jblob5764

3 жыл бұрын

@@shiranaihito9720 imagine the contracts. "Rapid scheduled disassembly"

@lolsleepyboi8388

3 жыл бұрын

*hide the pain Harold face*

@adrianternouth4404

3 жыл бұрын

@@lolsleepyboi8388 ok

@death13a

3 жыл бұрын

@@shiranaihito9720 just stick to no-landing and you be ok

"multi kilometer beam" me, an intellectual: *"Today on mythbusters were testing if we can cut the VAB in half with a antimatter confinement engine"*

@cooperjmills

3 жыл бұрын

A reaction drive's efficiency as a weapon is in direct proportion to its efficiency as a drive.

@sebastiantv108

3 жыл бұрын

Greatest show ever

@AssistantCoreAQI

3 жыл бұрын

@@cooperjmills Protogen.

@depth386

3 жыл бұрын

Hey that way you don’t need a launch pad, you just.. unpeel the rocket like a banana right where it was built.

@JRexRegis

2 жыл бұрын

Really, any sufficiently powerful engine doubles as a very powerful plasma cutter.

Scott, didn't anyone tell you not to point a Dirac Antimatter Initiated Microfusion Engine at the camera? You'll put an eye out!

@James-cb7nb

3 жыл бұрын

Safety glasses should be fine

@batchint

3 жыл бұрын

James ..oh no your sure to want the supa-safe type..

@Anvilshock

3 жыл бұрын

Do not look directly at Dirac Antimatter-Initiated Microfusion Engine with remaining eye.

@worldtraveler930

3 жыл бұрын

Just make sure you're wearing your "Safety Tie" and everything will be fine!

@KillerkoUK

3 жыл бұрын

As long as you are not wearing a red shirt you will be fine..

I'm studying electrical engenering at the moment and actually wrote an exam in Electromagnetic Field Theory a few hours ago. Planning on taking a masters in plasma physics and then hopefully I will be accepted for a phd which will lead me to a career in fusion science! I have been dreaming about becoming a fusion scientist since 10th grade, so wish me luck!

@FalconWing1813

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can make one of these drives. Just make the ship look like some thing out of star wars for us lol

@lachyt5247

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure how the engineering undergrad to physics grad school path is supposed to work. Qualifying and comp exams for physics graduate programs would be well beyond the scope of what is covered in electrical engineering. You would basically be self studying an entire 4 year degree.

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

3 жыл бұрын

*GOOD LUCK!!!!*

@DalecarliaAstro

3 жыл бұрын

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Thanks! :)

@DalecarliaAstro

3 жыл бұрын

@@lachyt5247 Here in Sweden (where I live) we don't have the under/postgrad education scheme (what I know). I study a 5-year engenering program called "Electrical Engenering" that is based on 3 years of ground level courses (kandidat) followed by 2 years of advanced and specialised courses of your choice (master). A lot of the ground courses are like calculus, multivariable calculus, vector calculus, linear algebra, but also introductions to datasystems, analogical digital design, electrical circuit analysis and electromagnetic field theory. It sets the foundation to many different masters you can choose from, and before you choose a master you will also study some other courses that makes your program more personalised! I've spoken to some scientist in plasma physics and they have said that my plan seems pretty good when it comes to getting into the business of fusion research :)

Finally someone explains that rocket nozzle with the holes in it! I've been seeing it in all those KSP2 trailers and wondering how the rocket exhaust doesn't expand beyond the holes in the mesh and now I know... its plasma being magnetically contained.

@darthbob8428

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s a metallic hydrogen motor but yes it is being magnetically contained

@Tuzszo

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyWednesday Suddenly I'm having a craving for baked beans. . .

@kleinerprinz99

3 жыл бұрын

Its not a nozzle its the engine bell btw.

@cyborghobo9717

3 жыл бұрын

Go to progectrho they have stockpile of information like this and nerd humor.

@alephkasai9384

3 жыл бұрын

@@cyborghobo9717 I tried to search that up and found nothing. Do you have a link by chance?

13:03 It's named after the creator Robert Frisbee. In his original interstellar design the thing had a deltaV of like one speed of light (accelerate to 0.25c, slow down at destination, x2 for return trip), and was a four stage 1000km long monster to fit all the radiators needed.

@oberonpanopticon

9 ай бұрын

Atomic rockets enjoyer, I assume

@dsdy1205

9 ай бұрын

@@oberonpanopticon yupp

@sErgEantaEgis12

8 ай бұрын

Link please?

@Thepissheadman

11 күн бұрын

@@sErgEantaEgis12 I’m not sure, but if you just search up atomic rockets, it should be easy to find.

"They don't fly the building around" - well that's what I call a lack of ambition

@Chuckiele

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, they dont fly the building around, yet ;)

@innacrisis6991

2 жыл бұрын

One word: Highfleet

@annoyed707

2 жыл бұрын

I am reminded of a Monty Python film with moving buildings, insurance companies and piracy.

@Bruh-zx2mc

Жыл бұрын

KSP 2 handles colonies as things made up of parts. If KSP 2 in its base form doesn't let you fly a surface-built VAB round, maybe a modder could patch the colony parts to have vessel physics.

@judet2992

Ай бұрын

@@innacrisis6991yep

Hey scott, another great video. Can we have a video on spacecraft thermal control systems (radiators, heating and insulation) ._.

@scottmanley

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.... someday

@squabbbb

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley antimatter spacecraft thermal control system video coming 2201

@criggie

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley What about the output particles? Are future generations going to curse us ?

@cyborghobo9717

3 жыл бұрын

Find abou liquid metal droplet radiators they are very lightweight and effitient.

@crgkevin6542

3 жыл бұрын

As a player of Children of a Dead Earth, I have a new appreciation of spacecraft heat management.

Remember the Kzinti Lesson: "A reaction drive's efficiency as a weapon is in direct proportion to its efficiency as a drive." - Larry Niven

3 жыл бұрын

Another formulation is: "Any propulsion system for interesting stories is a WMD".

@KatyaAbc575

3 жыл бұрын

"There is no such a thing as an unarmed spacecraft."

@seanwaddell2659

3 жыл бұрын

@@n1k32h wtf?

4:28 Look up the "Mirror Fusion Test Facility". The largest magnetic mirror test facility, ever. Literally *one day* after its completion, the entire thing already built and unused, *got cancelled* in a budget cut. That's so American.

@scottmanley

3 жыл бұрын

So.... Reagan.

@shastro6939

3 жыл бұрын

How could someone make such an extreme oversight? Like its already done the money has been spent why not let it operate for a year?

@CraftyF0X

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley I know it is super awfully late and also anoyingly pedantic to point out but Im afraid Curium-247 has a half life of 1.56(5)E+7 years which is not about one and a half million years :D Good video as alway anyway !

@juicebox9465

3 жыл бұрын

@@shastro6939 How else will the military afford their 50$ cases of diet coke?

@stevepalpatine2828

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Obama.

Nertea is a treasure! Near Future * is always my first stop whenever I'm building a mod pack for a new playthrough!

@JRexRegis

2 жыл бұрын

@LurchTheBastard Angel-125 also has some amazing mods. Their Blueshift is an especially awesome replacement for Roverdude's warp drive (though I'm really missing the 1.25m drives)

@PwnedDuck

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly the KSP2 devs agree with you because they’ve literally hired him, which is an extremely good sign

@wisconsinwintergreen6296

2 жыл бұрын

@@PwnedDuck I was extremely happy to hear about that, the Near Future mods plus the Station Parts Expansion are amazing in every aspect.

*shows the antimatter drives* Me: Now we're cooking with gasoline.

@Broockle

3 жыл бұрын

gasoline? lamesauce

@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife

3 жыл бұрын

@@Broockle no u

@Broockle

3 жыл бұрын

@@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife no u

@danzjz3923

3 жыл бұрын

@@Broockle WHERE IS THE LAMB SAUCE!?!?!?!?

@tyler60904

3 жыл бұрын

Anti-gasoline?

Scott, thank you for everything you do.

The KSP mod community are heroes. And the KSP dev team are heroes for embracing them.

"Trying to sculpt a piece of jelly into a useful shape using rubber bands." Now I'm cleaning coffee off my screen. Thanks for that. :)

@animationspace8550

3 жыл бұрын

Your clever and subtle suggestion of potentially spitting out your coffee from laughter could've made me done the same if I was drinking coffee :)

@Shadow_The_Pad

3 жыл бұрын

Are You Cleaning It With Rubber Bands?

@Phelan666

3 жыл бұрын

monke

@jurjenbos228

3 жыл бұрын

Not only that, but it also explains the design problem of fusion reactors properly

@topsecret1837

3 жыл бұрын

@@Phelan666 Donke

I vaguely recall hearing that CERN stated that they can make as much antimatter as you like --- one atom at a time, and you have to bring your own bottle.

@Noughmad

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think they can make atoms yet. One particle at a time.

@cooperjmills

3 жыл бұрын

@@Noughmad atoms are particles

@bobjones-vc5ci

3 жыл бұрын

@@Noughmad The ASACUSA experiment at CERN would like a word. First successful anti-hydrogen beam produced in 2014.

@kolyashinkarev7366

Жыл бұрын

@@cooperjmills atoms are collections of different particles

@JFrazer4303

Жыл бұрын

At present, it's a by-product of other things they're trying to do. Nobody produces it, just for itself. (ASACUSA experiment at CERN excepted apparently. The Penn St articles were before that.) The Penn St Physics articles about anti-proton initiated micro-fission/fusion pulse ships say that a fairly small investment could produce the tiny amounts that would be needed for a robust and *_fast_* interplanetary ship, and it's fairly easy to say that readily produced storage would be good for ~6 months. If your mission doesn't return to Earth orbit in that time, then a separate return stage or fuel storage could be sent out to anything that you're trying to get back.

Wow, Nertea's (always excellent) models have come such a long way since the last time I used Far Future! Those laser ignition effects are stunning.

13:39 - With ion drives, the problem is getting energy into the spacecraft. With antimatter drives, the problem is getting energy _out_ of the spacecraft.

@44R0Ndin

2 жыл бұрын

More like "problem is most of the energy of annihilation is in hard gamma rays and there's not really a good way to convert that into usable energy"

@HuntingTarg

Жыл бұрын

@@44R0Ndin That sounds like something Issac Arthur would say...

@ericgolightly8450

Жыл бұрын

Could we make some weird combination of both?

3:30 So basically, magnetic confinement fusion is like cat herding.

@cosmicrider5898

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of lasers

@brainmind4070

2 жыл бұрын

If you've ever seen how cats react to lasers, herding them is not that hard as long as you have one laser per cat.

@judet2992

Ай бұрын

@@brainmind4070and also multiple sets of limbs for all the laser pointers. What? You’re telling me you don’t have that yet? Lame.

Thank you for your videos Scott, I‘m currently writing my final scientific essay for high school (it should be like 30 pages) about rocket engine variations and your videos are helping a lot. The hardest part is not the research but translating everything to german. If you ever wondered what a „Vollstromvorverbrennungstriebwerk“ is, in english ist has the fancy name Full-Flow-Staged-Combustion-Cycle

"Trying to shape a piece of jello into a usable object using a rubber band" - best quote of 2021 Right here folks!

Getting into futurism now, huh? Issac Arthur would be proud

@revenevan11

3 жыл бұрын

Was looking for someone to mention him here; great taste in KZreadrs!!!

I live a mile from that ignition facility he mentioned. Lol. I was like, “Hey, that’s where I live!” Lol.

@dansv1

3 жыл бұрын

I machined some parts for the NIF a long time ago. Capacitor racks and beam guides if I remember correctly.

@PlanetFrosty

3 жыл бұрын

Boom

@jeffpierce6663

3 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@FoFoxhound

3 жыл бұрын

There is another facility with the same mission here in France, the Laser Mégajoule.

Nertea's mods are AWESOME, always a must have when I upgrade KSP.

You are right about the need for large radiators in nuclear engines. For Pulsed Fission Fusion for example you need to keep the nozzle's electromagnets cool enough for the superconducting which is necessary to obtain large enough EM fields to push the resulting plasma away.

Yeah, definitely do more of these Scott. Great info.

2:33 If you have the technology to make that work I can't imagine you won't have the capability to make it power itself. Sure some solar panels to start it and to power the rest of the ship would be nice tho

@andrewakrause

3 жыл бұрын

Or ditch solar panels altogether, as the further you get from the sun, the less power they generate. If you're running a fusion reactor, then you're basically carrying a mini-sun with you. One proposal is to use either an alphavoltaic or a betavoltaic array lining the reactor chamber, then use fuels like Hydrogen+Boron11, which emit these particles as a byproduct of the fusion reaction. These would produce electricity directly in nearly precisely the same way solar panels (photovoltaics) do. You would still need a battery to start up, and likely a set of supercapacitors to provide the large burst of energy, but you would want those anyway to smooth our electrical system fluctuations.

@tharqal2764

3 жыл бұрын

You'd need some way to turn heat into electric energy. Classically this means either steam turbines or thermoelectric generators, both of which aren't easy to do in space.

@theophrastusbombastus8019

3 жыл бұрын

@@tharqal2764 I disagree: turbopumps on rockets are already the futuristic version of steam turbines, when you have a fusion reactor on board that already has to be cooled attaching a turbine in the loop is primitive in comparison

@MushookieMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@theophrastusbombastus8019 The problem is that you need to release a relatively large fraction of the reaction energy to start the next reaction. A turbine will only generate a smaller, continuous power, so you would have to find a way to efficiently store energy that can be released quickly. It's not likely to be as easy as "turbine and supercapacitors, done".

@theophrastusbombastus8019

3 жыл бұрын

@@MushookieMan If the pulses are close enough together the total inertia of the system (thermal+momentum) can propably smooth out any peak, if not it can be by design increased. Unless the pulses are every few minutes I think there are no big problems there.

I like future technology, it gives me hope. Could you also do some stuff on near-future engines?

@LaughingOrange

3 жыл бұрын

Methane and LOx. That's how it will be for the foreseeable future.

@AntonBrazhnyk

3 жыл бұрын

There is only one thing to hope first - getting rid of capitalism. After that it's much easier to hope for whatever is good for humanity.

@gert-janbonnema

3 жыл бұрын

@@AntonBrazhnyk I know you're trolling but I'll bite. Capitalism has brought us almost all new space travell techniques you see today.

@AntonBrazhnyk

3 жыл бұрын

@@gert-janbonnema You ate to much of cap-propaganda. It's science which brings technology, not capitalism. It's fear of socialism and USSR fueled development in this area not the capitalism itself. There is still no profit in space exploration. And today it's China which still fuels it and create artificial profits for SpaceX and the like.

@eulachonfish

3 жыл бұрын

​@@LaughingOrange Ion drives are a thing and have been for awhile, greatly outperforming chemical rockets in vacuum. Also there are experiments planned to test solar sail craft, and there are technically feasible (but unlikely to be built at this point) beamed power options like Breakthrough Starshot as well. And if we do establish a permanent presence on the moon, a big benefit will be the ability to test things like the nuclear saltwater rocket from the other video safely away from the Earth. Methalox really only comes out ahead for heavy lift into orbit, and none of the drives mentioned in the video are capable of being fired in atmosphere anyways.

I am very happy with what you said at the end of the video. I love your videos on advanced propulsion technologies and would love to see more videos where you go into detail like in the nuclear salt water one! I look forward to it!

Thanks so much for this scott, cant get enough of your content!

5:24 its shown in The Expanse (TV Show) season 4, that this is essentially the kind of engine that makes up the Epstein Drive, albeit with a different construction.

@dsdy1205

2 жыл бұрын

There's a line from the books where Amos is discussing modifications to the Epstein drive in a torpedo, and Holden wryly remarks that 400 years ago, propulsion engineers would sell their firstborn child to get the sort of knowledge that Amos is just chucking around in casual conversation

Another mod to add to my list!

Nertea is amazing. They have a whole suite of mods that completely transform the game. The stock-a-like station parts are my favorite. Everything just looks beautiful when you use those parts

Thank you Scott. Nice visual representations.

“Because a critical mass for fission depends on the geometry of the mass you have” you’re giving me PTSD from Fundamentals last semester

2:42 Scott Manley actively trying to burn my eyes by zooming on an extremely luminous engines

As someone delving deep into the KSP Interstellar mod for the first time, this series has been fun. Will most definitely try these mods out for my next career save!

Keep them coming wounderfull videos. You have a way to inspire people as you teach them I cannot wait to see what you come up with next.

You should do another Interstellar Quest type of series, using Nertea's mods! I'd totally watch that. :)

Hey Scott!! You missed the big one!! Ryan Weed's Positron Dynamics antimatter engine! This California company has prototypes already sitting in NASA's hands!!

jeezus wept scott! just looked at your channel description. FOURTEEN YEARS! not bad for a hobby. top man.

Crazy to think that, all these years later, this video is still the best source of information about how to use the frisbee engine in KSP

There's also a new fusion type being researched "lattice confinement" fusion

I'm counting the times Scott tried to fry us with his rocket exhaust

I've always loved the Near Future Propulsion mod, so it's great to learn about another awesome mod like this.

I love project RHO! More content from them, with your voice? YES PLEASE!

Video has been up for 6 minutes (7 now after typing?), 1,630 views... Scott Manley you are amazing.

@jerryham5659

3 жыл бұрын

That's what having 1.19 million subscribers does I guess

This makes me optimistic that my grandchildren will not be stuck in this Solar system.

@unsafevelocities5687

3 жыл бұрын

You may need to add a few "great-" prefixes, but yeah I think it's less about 'if' but 'where to' and 'when'.

@AssistantCoreAQI

3 жыл бұрын

@@unsafevelocities5687 Stanton. Wednesday.

@carso1500

3 жыл бұрын

@@unsafevelocities5687 i would just say children imo, technology advances far faster than expected and some of this technologies are already well understood and developed

@unsafevelocities5687

3 жыл бұрын

@@carso1500 I'd be surprised if we leave this solar system in the next 500 years. Interstellar travel by humans in 1,000 years sounds more realistic, but that's with me being optimistic that we actually send living, breathing humans and not an artificial lifeform. Humans watched birds fly for around 200,000 years before being able to replicate it. Knowing something is possible and doing it are very different things.

This video is excellent and incredibly well researched. Outstanding job Stan! Most of these concepts came out when I was a PhD student or just starting out in my career, so I remember a lot of conference presentations. The 'Frisbee rocket' BTW is named after Dr. Bob Frisbee from JPL who led on the development of the concept. He concluded that while antimatter has great storage density, most of the energy goes into gamma rays which are really hard to attenuate and turn into useful propulsion. Creation, storage, and utilization of antimatter are all really hard problems.

I love watching your videos in the morning making breakfast, thanks for the years of great content and knowledge!

KSP still taking me to school.

Having a horrible day at work, just saw that you posted a new video. Made me smile. Now I'll watch as my boss is not around hehe

I first learned to play Kerbal Space Program nearly a decade ago watching your early videos on it. It is about time we saw more :-)

@revenevan11

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Nertea has great mods, love their work.

That rotating fission rocket is amazing. Need some hard sci-fi with this stuff. :) PS, THANK YOU. I'd been wondering if I was right to add "antimatter catalysed fusion/fusion" to my sci-fi ideas and ships. Turns out it is possible (I was using it to "shrink" craft sizes when fusion drives alone would be too big).

The new season of the Expanse has me way back into space again.

@among-us-99999

3 жыл бұрын

Wait what? There is a new season?

@nicholasn.2883

3 жыл бұрын

@@among-us-99999 Yup, 7 episodes of season 5 are out. I barely saw any advertising for it so I understand why you’re surprised

@MrMattumbo

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasn.2883 Holy shit, I was worried the show got canned or delayed because of COVID. They really need to spend a bit more on marketing for the sake of the show.

@lesserspottedmugwump.363

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasn.2883 Not Sci fi enough. AKA no rubber masks. The robot was cool though, looks very human built. Needs more focus on Aliens for my taste, even if they are too alien for us to understand. The way they are treated like a force of nature also seems pretty close to what I would expect. I can remember reading that a spider sees humans as a moving piece of landscape, similar thing.

@SeaDemon25

3 жыл бұрын

@@lesserspottedmugwump.363 i have diferent opinion, i like the more "realistc" stuff, its just humans with normal tec in space, not counting their engines and radiation meds

Seeing the topic I wasn't really hooked. But it was a scott Manley video so I obviously watched it anyway. And as with every Scott Manley video, in the end it was actually very nice and entertaining. I almost never write comments but I just love how you get chilled entertainment without feeling like you wasted your time watching useless internet videos afterwards because they actually have content on a meaningful level. Even for someone that studies aerospace engineering. Please keep this up for a long time

Great videos Scott. Always fun to watch and fun to learn about.

I Love the hat-tip to Heinlein for "Blowups Happen" and "The man Who Sold The Moon"

Great video Scott. Greetings from your cousin Karen in Scotland 🎉🎶🎶

@Karen_Baldwin.Composer.Pianist

3 жыл бұрын

Also I have a channel. New subscribers welcome Scott😁

Nertea always making amazing leaps and bounds with every release

Love this topic. Honestly I enjoy all your videos.

"I'm gonna have to spend a lot more time reading the Atomic Rockets website..." As though you weren't looking forward to it, don't try to trick us!

*_*reading Atomic Rockets website intensifies*_*

@cooperjmills

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. *searches up torch drives*

Nertea is a pretty awesome mod developer in general, their mods are all very high quality and very interesting and cool

Thank you Scott! We need more people like you.

These things only run on the purest, high-grade assumptions.

"I used an antimatter confinemant engine to cut the VAB in half!!! Now thats a lot of damage!!"

@madjimms

3 жыл бұрын

Project Farm is a great channel

Nice job scott. i was playing this mod way early and wished that you would explain some of the engine's logics and science behind them. looks like it came earlier than expected

Pretty awesome Scott, gives hope for the future! :)

A security failure of any electronic component related to electromagnets in these Engines would be catastrophic Edit: changes to satisfy gramnazis

@antaresmc4407

3 жыл бұрын

It would mostly stop, damage the engine and maybe send off a bunch of radiation, but likely not a mission killer if you can fix the nozzle

@petrpodskalsky1785

3 жыл бұрын

@@antaresmc4407 Yes, except the pure antimatter one. Amat, (at least when we rule out the theoretical Magnetic matter) is inherently unstable in larger quantities and just a little error in the Amat tanks' magnetic field would lead to a pretty epic, but still very undesirable explosion.

@antaresmc4407

3 жыл бұрын

@@petrpodskalsky1785 in the engines it would be as I said but with more radiation. In the plumbing it will be bad. In the tanks *you wouldnt even notice* ~if you know what I mean~🤣

@AntonBrazhnyk

3 жыл бұрын

So, it would be triple (or more) redundant, right?

@petrpodskalsky1785

3 жыл бұрын

@@AntonBrazhnyk ...RIGHT?

Let's face facts you had us all clicking at the word Antimatter!

Yes! Please more on near or far future technology concepts.

Love the little details in the animations

Here just after net energy fusion announcement!

@Cris_the_coder

Жыл бұрын

bang bang

Someone give NASA a bigger budget

@pekka-zg1wx

3 жыл бұрын

Nasa doesnt even launch big missions anymore

@vovical

2 жыл бұрын

@@pekka-zg1wx why do you think that is lmao

I was hoping for years for Nertea to release such an expansion/mod - how delightfully wierd to learn about it from Scott Manley!

I really love this series. As a fan of both Scott Manley and Atomic Rockets website I'm enjoying this a lot

@brainmind4070

2 жыл бұрын

The atomic rockets website has a lot of interesting content, but it is a complete mess. Someone with some web design sense really needs to do an overhaul of that website.

hello sir. KSP 2 is out today!

@pappi8338

Жыл бұрын

Still have to wait for a playable game though

@skankhunt9078

Жыл бұрын

@@pappi8338 hahha good point.

Lets hope they implement that in game, without the needs of mods.

@scottmanley

3 жыл бұрын

That’s KSP 2

@hugojoly1831

3 жыл бұрын

This mod does the job better than Squad would tbh

@jerryham5659

3 жыл бұрын

@@hugojoly1831 Squad aren't the only ones doing KSP 2

@rowiek7668

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley True, but the only downside is, that KSP 2 is postponed; to around mid/end 2022.

@hugojoly1831

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerryham5659 They aren’t involved at all with ksp2 as far as I know. I was talking about ksp 1. Can’t play the game without Nertea’s mods anymore.

Very interesting and worthwhile video.

Great presentation. Thanks Scott.

For the life of me I can't stop hearing crewed as crude. 😐

ksp2 devs: "write that down!"

Awesome! Do a series explaining the rockets and thrusters and equipment in the High Frontier tabletop game, as well!

absolutely love advanced propulsion videos!!! would love to see more

Magnetic confinement is the cargo-cult of fusion tech.

God bless winchell and his magnificent website.

Enjoy your content about the future and the past!

I'm glad you touched on heat transfer energy generation. So many people that talk about ideas like this to becoming a type one civ or just building ring habitats and Dyson spheres seam to either ignore or "well need radiators of (x) to keep everything cool" and no we should be looking at capturing the hear for its energy.

:D I saw he was working on this a couple of months ago. Downloading now.

All amazing designs! Great 👍 Video!!! I can’t believe how long some of the engines are.

Great video! Would be great if this could be part of a series in which you deep dive into each and every engine concept.

Again, very cool Scott. We have to dream our future, and make it a reality.

Awsome video Scott! This is so close to being reality..we may be going to the stars sooner than we think. We just need to shield or compensate for time dialation so when we come back to the earth all of our present time friends and relatives won't be long since dead..

These virtual propulsion tech vids are awesome!

11:54 - That, plus a large fraction of the energy released by matter/antimatter annihilation coming out in the form of neutrinos, which can be difficult to direct in a particular direction.

Somebody really went to town there! Awesome effort!