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Frickin Laser Beams
Welcome to sunny San Francisco, where a US weapons lab unveiled a super laser on Friday that has the power to burn as hot as a star.
The National Ignition Facility's main purpose is to be used as a tool to gauge the safety and reliability of the US nuclear weapons arsenal, but some scientists believe that it could provide a breakthrough in safe fusion power. The NIF aka "Super Laser", is the worlds highest energy laser system and is located in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory located just outside of San Francisco.
All the equipment connected to its house sized sphere can focus a total of 192 laser beams on a single point, creating temperatures that would exist at the core of a star or giant planet. This will allow the NIF to create conditions and conduct experiments that were never before possible on Earth.
Some scientists believe that the electricity that is created from the fusion reaction of the device, is similar to what takes place in the sun. Lab officials think this will help satisfy humanity's growing demand for green energy.
The NIF director Edward Moses said, "This is the long-sought goal of 'energy gain' that has been the goal of fusion researchers for more than half a century. NIF's success will be a scientific breakthrough of historic significance; the first demonstration of fusion ignition in a laboratory setting, duplicating on Earth the processes that power the stars."
Former Actor and now current California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, "We have invented the world's largest laser system. We can create the stars right here on earth. And I can see already my friends in Hollywood being very upset that their stuff that they show on the big screen is obsolete. We have the real stuff right here. This laser system is an incredible success not just for California, but for our country and our world."
It was created in a US weapons lab and with most military creations there is the side that this laser could be used as a potential weapon against our adversaries. Just think that you would be able to liquefy a person in mere seconds with temperature of 3677 degrees Celsius (that's 6651 degrees Fahrenheit or 3950 degrees Kelvin). At least the person would probably never feel the pain of such heat
Link:
Super Laser
Welcome to sunny San Francisco, where a US weapons lab unveiled a super laser on Friday that has the power to burn as hot as a star.
The National Ignition Facility's main purpose is to be used as a tool to gauge the safety and reliability of the US nuclear weapons arsenal, but some scientists believe that it could provide a breakthrough in safe fusion power. The NIF aka "Super Laser", is the worlds highest energy laser system and is located in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory located just outside of San Francisco.
All the equipment connected to its house sized sphere can focus a total of 192 laser beams on a single point, creating temperatures that would exist at the core of a star or giant planet. This will allow the NIF to create conditions and conduct experiments that were never before possible on Earth.
Some scientists believe that the electricity that is created from the fusion reaction of the device, is similar to what takes place in the sun. Lab officials think this will help satisfy humanity's growing demand for green energy.
The NIF director Edward Moses said, "This is the long-sought goal of 'energy gain' that has been the goal of fusion researchers for more than half a century. NIF's success will be a scientific breakthrough of historic significance; the first demonstration of fusion ignition in a laboratory setting, duplicating on Earth the processes that power the stars."
Former Actor and now current California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, "We have invented the world's largest laser system. We can create the stars right here on earth. And I can see already my friends in Hollywood being very upset that their stuff that they show on the big screen is obsolete. We have the real stuff right here. This laser system is an incredible success not just for California, but for our country and our world."
It was created in a US weapons lab and with most military creations there is the side that this laser could be used as a potential weapon against our adversaries. Just think that you would be able to liquefy a person in mere seconds with temperature of 3677 degrees Celsius (that's 6651 degrees Fahrenheit or 3950 degrees Kelvin). At least the person would probably never feel the pain of such heat
Link:
Super Laser






