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Andi McDougal
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Ok, stemming from a conversation I had with a coworker the other night, I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on the matter. We discussed the possibility of the existance of Dilithium. Since Lithium exists, could it be possible to combine 2 atoms of Lithium into a stable compound of Dilithium? Sorry, it was one of those late night discussions that stemmed from watching too many Voyager episodes in a row...what are your thoughts?
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squiggy
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Theoretically possible.
Beyond our current technological grasp? yes.
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lionhead
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| Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:26 am |
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Dilitihum exists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilithium_%28real%29
Its not theoretically possible, its possible.
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Andi McDougal
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| Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:29 pm |
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So, now that we know both Dilithium and Deuterium exist, is it theoretically possible to to create propulsion like Star Trek?
I know, I'm a dork who has nothing better to do with her free time than ponder the future of space travel, but it beats thinking about work! lol!
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Lord Borg
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| Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:31 pm |
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Not in a way that it's shown on Star Trek, and certainly not in our lifetimes. I have no doubt however, that before our kids have kids that we'll see some sort of faster space travel and it be more common then now. However, it all being like trek? sorry, that's still some time away...
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lionhead
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| Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:59 pm |
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| Andi McDougal wrote: | So, now that we know both Dilithium and Deuterium exist, is it theoretically possible to to create propulsion like Star Trek?
I know, I'm a dork who has nothing better to do with her free time than ponder the future of space travel, but it beats thinking about work! lol! |
the propulsion in Star Trek is based on Antimatter vs Matter. The Dilitium is just used as a catalyst.
As we don't even know if Antimatter exists we can't say if such propulsion would be possible, as we can't test on Antimatter.
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| Sun May 20, 2007 8:58 pm |
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| lionhead wrote: | | Andi McDougal wrote: | So, now that we know both Dilithium and Deuterium exist, is it theoretically possible to to create propulsion like Star Trek?
I know, I'm a dork who has nothing better to do with her free time than ponder the future of space travel, but it beats thinking about work! lol! |
the propulsion in Star Trek is based on Antimatter vs Matter. The Dilitium is just used as a catalyst.
As we don't even know if Antimatter exists we can't say if such propulsion would be possible, as we can't test on Antimatter. |
Anti-matter not exist? It does and we've created some small bits of anti-matter (protons, positrons, etc) at CERN. But for us to get LARGE amounts would take many many years ---- ~ 150 to get a decent amount (I think) & sorry for the bump (if this could be considered)
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Andi McDougal
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| Thu May 31, 2007 7:44 pm |
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I'm sure that as technology progresses, we'll be able to produce Antimatter at a greater rate, so maybe it won't take as long to develop that type of technology.
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brianbrane
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What happens when you compress a gas, then a solid, then a super solid?
And if you kept compressing what happens?
Think carbon.
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lionhead
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| Wed May 07, 2008 10:50 am |
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| brianbrane wrote: | What happens when you compress a gas, then a solid, then a super solid?
And if you kept compressing what happens?
Think carbon. |
Your talking superconductors. its doesn't work with that.
Dilitium as it is in the star trek universe doesn't exist. The Dilithium in star trek is a crystal which can use anti-matter vs matter reactions to heat up deuterium gas that then produces the plasma that makes warp travel possible. its doesn't conduct, it just contains it.
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You just Got To Be Carful If You Add Them Wrong You Have An Atomic Blast!!!
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