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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by nick_ on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:28PM (#14221347)
What if we made a really really huge one? I'm talking 15 × 10^28 kg worth of hydrogen. At that size it would start and maintain itself. We could place it far enough away that we could harness its output safely here on earth with solar cells!
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by Will_Parker on Friday April 28, 2017 @02:01PM (#14221638)
The problem is, something that massive would affect the motion of the Earth itself.
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by RealityVoid on Friday April 28, 2017 @03:04PM (#14222144)
I think it was a joke hinitng at the sun, but it seems to be @ 1 order of magnitude off, so I'm just confused now.
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by nick_ on Monday May 08, 2017 @06:01PM (#14296032)
I was going for the smallest amount of hydrogen that would form a star. I suppose the joke would be improved if I used a number measuring the Sun's initial hydrogen content. I suppose that's why I'm not a comedian :P
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by hossbeast on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:55PM (#14224789)
And we won't have to solve the problem of plasma confinement!
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