demonstration of operational feasibility
1Inertial confinement fusion — (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.To compress and heat the fuel, energy is… …
2computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
3TT Pinto — Infobox Aircraft name= TT Pinto caption= Temco TT 1 in testing type= Jet Trainer manufacturer= Temco Aircraft first flight= 26 March 1956 introduced= 1959 retired= status=Active primary user= United States Navy more users= produced= number built …
4Nellis Air Force Base — Part of Air Combat Command (ACC) Located near: Las Vegas, Nevada …
5Maglev (transport) — MAGLEV, or magnetic levitation, is a system of transportation that suspends, guides and (usually) propels vehicles, predominantly trains, using magnetic forces. This method has the potential to be faster, quieter and smoother than wheeled mass… …
6Solar power satellite — A solar power satellite, or SPS or Powersat, as originally proposed would be a satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar… …
7Maglev — JR Maglev at Yamanashi, Japan test track in November 2005 …
8LGM-30 Minuteman — Type Intercontinental ballistic missile Service hist …
9Space-based solar power — Left: Part of the solar energy is lost on its way through the atmosphere by the effects of reflection and absorption. Right: Space based solar power systems convert sunlight to microwaves outside the atmosphere, avoiding these losses, and the… …
10Manhattan Project — This article is about the atomic bomb project. For other uses, see Manhattan Project (disambiguation). Manhattan District The Manhattan Project created the first nuclear bombs. The Trinity test …
