Comments on: Scientists to Use World’s Largest Laser to Create Star on Earth http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: im awesome http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-379669 im awesome Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:52:45 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-379669 Have you guys tried the experiment when you put bi-card soda with vinegar? Have you guys tried the experiment when you put bi-card soda with vinegar?

]]> By: CE http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-355973 CE Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:23:09 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-355973 1. Black holes exist ONLY in math for the moment (or so I am told; who understands this stuff anyway?). NO-ONE person has yet to "see" a black hole, NONE! 2. As usual, all this is is just guess work, at best. No one knows what really might happen, you just can't, it is why we call it "experimentation with observation" leading to more calculations leading to more ideas, lather rinse repeat. . 3. This experiment appears to be loosely based on an idea as described by theoretical physicist - Michio Kaku in "Through the wormhole", where-by a metric ton of satellites focus lasers to a point in space containing an atomic nucleus that heats up and POSSIBLY creating a black/worm hole. Please re-read number two if you really think this may happen... 1. Black holes exist ONLY in math for the moment (or so I am told; who understands this stuff anyway?). NO-ONE person has yet to “see” a black hole, NONE!
2. As usual, all this is is just guess work, at best. No one knows what really might happen, you just can’t, it is why we call it “experimentation with observation” leading to more calculations leading to more ideas, lather rinse repeat. .
3. This experiment appears to be loosely based on an idea as described by theoretical physicist – Michio Kaku in “Through the wormhole”, where-by a metric ton of satellites focus lasers to a point in space containing an atomic nucleus that heats up and POSSIBLY creating a black/worm hole. Please re-read number two if you really think this may happen…

]]> By: arty32l http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-264154 arty32l Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:55:57 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-264154 Hmm, i don't know either. What happens if this star on earth goes Chernobyl. Energy that big could do irreversible damage that we cant even imagine. After it happens, everyone will be saying "it feels like a dream".... It really isn't. Hmm, i don’t know either. What happens if this star on earth goes Chernobyl. Energy that big could do irreversible damage that we cant even imagine. After it happens, everyone will be saying “it feels like a dream”…. It really isn’t.

]]> By: World's Largest Laser a Step Closer to Fusion Energy | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-264021 World's Largest Laser a Step Closer to Fusion Energy | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:16:24 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-264021 [...] metal sphere where they delivered a 1 megajoule blast to the hydrogen-filled pellet. Fusion power is the holy grail of energy production — though it has never been achieved, it has the [...] [...] metal sphere where they delivered a 1 megajoule blast to the hydrogen-filled pellet. Fusion power is the holy grail of energy production — though it has never been achieved, it has the [...]

]]> By: lowfro http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-222797 lowfro Mon, 03 May 2010 09:15:29 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-222797 It will be finnished in 2 years! 2012, just prove that the movie is right! I know that I am an uneducated person, but making a star on the earth! I mean come on! It will be finnished in 2 years! 2012, just prove that the movie is right! I know that I am an uneducated person, but making a star on the earth! I mean come on!

]]> By: politicalslug http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-222785 politicalslug Mon, 03 May 2010 07:29:52 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-222785 @ jagger27 You're talking about the mass needed for a star to collapse into a black whole after going nova. Albeit patrick's "1000 year later hole of doom falling into the core" nonsense is just that: nonsense. Black holes range in size from supermassive (at the heart of most galaxies), large (collapsed star), all the way down to microscopic. Black holes (of all sizes, large to small) give off radiation, and microscopic black holes evaporate as quickly as they appear (Hawking radiation). @ jagger27

You’re talking about the mass needed for a star to collapse into a black whole after going nova. Albeit patrick’s “1000 year later hole of doom falling into the core” nonsense is just that: nonsense. Black holes range in size from supermassive (at the heart of most galaxies), large (collapsed star), all the way down to microscopic. Black holes (of all sizes, large to small) give off radiation, and microscopic black holes evaporate as quickly as they appear (Hawking radiation).

]]> By: Danskey http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-222777 Danskey Mon, 03 May 2010 07:02:10 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-222777 Someone correct me if I am wrong but I believe the great work done with this laser does not represent any kind of \"go it alone where all other have failed\" approach. In fact the opposite may be true, I think the laser is the US contribution to the multinational, multi-decade fusion project known as ITER. The laser is not sufficient to form a nuclear fusion reactor, it is the ignition switch (if you will) on the car that is a fusion reactor. Other pieces, made by other countries, such as a giant tokamak, which will create a magnetic field to contain the uber hot materials are needed. The US can, and does, play nice with other countries of the world. BTW the first test reactor with US laser tech will be built in France, check it out! www.iter.org Someone correct me if I am wrong but I believe the great work done with this laser does not represent any kind of \”go it alone where all other have failed\” approach. In fact the opposite may be true, I think the laser is the US contribution to the multinational, multi-decade fusion project known as ITER. The laser is not sufficient to form a nuclear fusion reactor, it is the ignition switch (if you will) on the car that is a fusion reactor. Other pieces, made by other countries, such as a giant tokamak, which will create a magnetic field to contain the uber hot materials are needed. The US can, and does, play nice with other countries of the world. BTW the first test reactor with US laser tech will be built in France, check it out! http://www.iter.org

]]> By: j82 http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-222774 j82 Mon, 03 May 2010 06:35:53 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-222774 They will make it work, it will be safe, but it will NEVER be affordable. It stuff like this that makes solar energy so comparatively cheap that it is utterly pointless to pursue fusion. It is still the economy stupid. They will make it work, it will be safe, but it will NEVER be affordable. It stuff like this that makes solar energy so comparatively cheap that it is utterly pointless to pursue fusion.

It is still the economy stupid.

]]> By: jagger27 http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-222725 jagger27 Mon, 03 May 2010 01:57:49 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-222725 @Patrick Clever, but not quite. In order for a star to form into a black hole, it needs to be at least 10 times larger than our own Sun. Since the star itself is only the size of a thimble it wouldn't have enough mass to collapse. Read up on gravitational collapsing. @Patrick

Clever, but not quite. In order for a star to form into a black hole, it needs to be at least 10 times larger than our own Sun. Since the star itself is only the size of a thimble it wouldn’t have enough mass to collapse.

Read up on gravitational collapsing.

]]> By: Patrick1232 http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-222327 Patrick1232 Sat, 01 May 2010 03:38:06 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-222327 umm have you ever thought that the energy/ heat will burn the earth and enter its core causing a supernova in the star turning it into a black hole. If that doesnt happen, then it will have only 1000 years of a life span then it will turn into a black hole and suck the earth up. basically this is a time bomb for suicide of the living race. umm have you ever thought that the energy/ heat will burn the earth and enter its core causing a supernova in the star turning it into a black hole. If that doesnt happen, then it will have only 1000 years of a life span then it will turn into a black hole and suck the earth up. basically this is a time bomb for suicide of the living race.

]]> By: enkergrene http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-use-worlds-largest-laser-to-create-star-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-221799 enkergrene Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:58:43 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=112145#comment-221799 I base most of my opinions on the lessons learned by the movie versions of popular comic book franchises, so I'm a little skeptical about how safe this is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6AoCZ2CaBI I base most of my opinions on the lessons learned by the movie versions of popular comic book franchises, so I’m a little skeptical about how safe this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6AoCZ2CaBI

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