Scientist plan to create a star : Othor Games

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:55 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/04/28/laser.fusion.nif/index.html
Plans to be ready in 2012. Coincidence? I hope so.

"Scientists at a government lab here are trying to use the world's largest laser -- it's the size of three football fields -- to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth."
Discuss.

Also, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8485669.stm

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:00 pm

World's not going to end. Instead since it's the start of a new cycle and it doesn't mean it's the end of the world, then this might be the big change that's going to happen.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:38 pm

Say what you want about humanity. We can make freaking stars. That's just badass.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:29 pm

I hope they're successful, nuclear fusion would be an amazing achievement for humanity.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:32 pm

I agree, if this doesn't end up killing millions of people, it'd be a great leap in science and technology. And it could kill millions of people. What happens to a star when it dies?
Ker-bloom.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:04 pm

Awesome H-bombs.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:45 pm

I agree, if this doesn't end up killing millions of people, it'd be a great leap in science and technology. And it could kill millions of people. What happens to a star when it dies?
Ker-bloom.

Well, if we manage to make mini-stars for energy we might finally have that energy source we've needed to settle on Mars.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:33 pm

... Why ? Chances are we will kill millions/billions with it, a nuke is bad enough now we have a laser that creates stars...
As for 2012 the calender is a circle, a cycle so it dosent end, it has happened before.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:27 pm

Plans ready for 2012.

First attempt at making a star scheduled for: 21/12/2012.

But this is pretty awesome.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:46 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/04/28/laser.fusion.nif/index.html
Plans to be ready in 2012. Coincidence? I hope so.

"Scientists at a government lab here are trying to use the world's largest laser -- it's the size of three football fields -- to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth."
Discuss.

:facepalm: Damn guess were screwed.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:09 am

fusion energy...hmmmm....ME LIKE

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:34 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8485669.stm about the possibility of using fusion as an energy source.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:40 pm

I still dont see how they can have the energy of a star on earth without it killing us all.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:06 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8485669.stm about the possibility of using fusion as an energy source.

Thanks for the link, I'll post it in the OP.
I think if we could actually get this to work, and we could control it, it would launch our world into a new era. The sky is the limit with fusion as an energy source. We could improve so many things.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:32 pm

Bah, stars?
Wake me up when you're going to make the first Death Star.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:54 pm

I saw this on sxephil. In my opinion I think it's too dangerous. But the having a mini star powering everything on earth would be fascinating.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:13 am

I still dont see how they can have the energy of a star on earth without it killing us all.

“Size matters not, ... Look at me. Judge me by size, do you?” ~Yoda

Edit
To all the naysayers about how dangerous it is. Everything in human history has been dangerous. The Atom Bomb, Gunpowder, and 70's fashion, but we all went there anyway.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:27 am

Nuclear fusion has been done using lasers before in a similar fashion, the problem has always been sustaining it long enough for the energy coming out offsetting the energy used to initiate it :shrug:

Likewise all attempts at fusion on earth have been many times hotter than the regular sun due to the lack of gravity playing a role in permitting fusion, so hotter temperatures are needed instead.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:13 pm

Interesting idea, but why not just press Shift + 8?

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:13 pm

First off, 2016 is the end of the world. Why can't scientists leave things alone?

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:44 pm

Changing my Christmas wish list:

1. a star
2. a pony
3. a new computer
4....

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:04 pm

“Size matters not, ... Look at me. Judge me by size, do you?” ~Yoda

Edit
To all the naysayers about how dangerous it is. Everything in human history has been dangerous. The Atom Bomb, Gunpowder, and 70's fashion, but we all went there anyway.

Yeah, everything we do has a dangerous aspect to it, invention in it's very nature can be dangerous.
But the Atom Bomb never had the yield to destroy the entire planet, nor did gunpowder. I was worried about the LHC Collider, but this definitely takes the cake.
A sun on the surface of the earth?
In the words of my fellow World of Warcraft players, "Plz halp"

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:14 pm

I don't like the sound of the small star in earth surface. What I know, stars tend to be pretty uncontrollable and what about all that lethal radiation which stars usually create?

I just wish they would make fusion by using Helium 3, not by poking around with the greatest energy source and (explosive) in entire universe.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:10 pm

I feel a need to infiltrate and destroy this facility, for humanity's sake!

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:33 pm

I just wish they would make fusion by using Helium 3, not by poking around with the greatest energy source and (explosive) in entire universe.

Sorry, it's all gone to a better cause. Making people's voices high and squeaky at weddings and parties.