Comments on: May 10, 2023 Quick space links https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/may-10-2023-quick-space-links/ Thu, 11 May 2023 22:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/may-10-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1412249 Thu, 11 May 2023 22:04:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=94948#comment-1412249 David Ross,
I wondered that too if it was Mercury, or using the heat for molten sodium, or gallium. I do not know if this is for a reactor or just looking for a way to replace a radiator on station.

]]> By: David Ross https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/may-10-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1412237 Thu, 11 May 2023 19:57:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=94948#comment-1412237 Another possibility is that the Chinese are considering mercury as propellant.
This is not a good idea in Earth orbit but once outside the planetary well, it should be fine.

]]> By: Rockribbed1 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/may-10-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1412185 Thu, 11 May 2023 10:52:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=94948#comment-1412185 Are increasing solar storms caused by SUVs

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/may-10-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1412161 Thu, 11 May 2023 03:42:13 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=94948#comment-1412161 The news of the century?

Experimental realization of negative mass.
“Hybrid exciton-polariton particles surprise with negative mass:”

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-hybrid-excitonpolariton-particles-negative-mass.html. by FLEET.

The Age of Dispersion Engineering begins.

]]> By: Ryan Lawson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/may-10-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1412148 Thu, 11 May 2023 01:50:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=94948#comment-1412148 Maybe the Chinese are laying the groundwork for Thorium reactors in space, that would be a huge leap for power and propulsion.

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