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minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWe can’t make it so large that its own gravity will contain the reaction mass, so it has to be kept inside a very strong magnetic field created by huge magnets. You can’t put solar panels inside the reaction chamber, they would get destroyed.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI fell like it should be possible to make solar panels that don’t contain iron, nickel, or cobalt.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoUm, it’s the heat, pressure, and ionizing radiation of the fusion reaction that would destroy the panels.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWell I solved one problem, so someone else can figure out the rest.
We can’t make it so large that its own gravity will contain the reaction mass, so it has to be kept inside a very strong magnetic field created by huge magnets. You can’t put solar panels inside the reaction chamber, they would get destroyed.
I fell like it should be possible to make solar panels that don’t contain iron, nickel, or cobalt.
Um, it’s the heat, pressure, and ionizing radiation of the fusion reaction that would destroy the panels.
Well I solved one problem, so someone else can figure out the rest.