Design transportation to get from New York to California in less than half the time it takes currently. The rest of the solar system can wait till we do that...that is my logic though...
Thank you Dr. Neil D. Tyson! I know you’re too humble to realize it, which is one of the many qualities that makes so many love you, but you have no idea how much you really have made the world a better place. Even if your contribution to society stopped right now, the invaluable information you’ve disseminated as of this moment will continue to make society a better place for decades to come. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making me so interested in science! I’m sure I’m far from the only one that could say the same thing!
"Which is a good thing, because otherwise[...]" Scientist dry wit at its best. That utterance had me laughing for a while. Please have Bruno back on. The back and forth between you guys was awesome.
Dr. Tyson always bringing the BEST in science with top specialists from around the globe!! I love everything you have done to bring renewed interest in astrophysics and science in general, Dr. Tyson!! And Chuck Nice is irreplaceable as well due to the amazing rapport you guys have between each other and the guests you bring on the show. Please never stop!!!
Great discussion about a great subject! I looked up more info on Dr. Wonterghem, I found an interview at the website for the National Ignition Facility, where he describes his background - and revealed he got to play an "extra" on the set of "Star Trek: Into Darkness", and the NIF was "converted" into a "spaceship". He got to keep his "red shirt" after they were done filming! How cool is that?! :)
Yes, it's a fact NIF used as a sound stage for ST: Into Darkness. This was the scene where Mr. Scott quits since not allowed to take apart prior to loading the Top Secret Missiles containing Kahn's crew. Go to that scene and then compare to NIF screen shots. All Lab employees were thrilled!
Neil! You're doing such a great job! Before I didn't know what was the importance of Science but then you entered to our lives and everything changed for the betterment!
Hey guys thank you so much for the Absolutely Stellar content i cant thank you all enough for putting this show together you’ve been an absolute gift to me that i get to learn something new everyday with my favorite peoples!!
Read this Neil. You are my favorite science teacher ever. For real you bring out my love and excitement of learning. Also what an age to live in. P.s. love you to Chuck.
What I humble and insidefull man, he was patient enough to answer every single question in a simple way so everyone could understand. I only hope to hear more of this guy and of course the Fusion project that could potentially change humanity position on the 'Kardashev's scale' 😁👏👏👌
Incredible episode!! I love the visuals about the laser technology at the Livermore Lab (or the smaller individual green/red lasers) that are added in the video as the topics are explained. This certainly helps me get a much better understanding on the topics! Much appreciated!
Lazer pens are part of my home protection protocol, anyone that enters my property I aim the lazer on their forehead, my 3 cats do the rest. Another interesting educational video guys, thanks 👍
Neil I have some questions that were burning in my mind throughout the video. One, can the lithium in recycled batteries go in as the fuel to this project? Two, can the lithium that goes in be reused to make new batteries? Third and final question, how much energy is used to get to the base products (overhead/startup) and if they were calculated into the 300MJ? Not assuming you personally know everyone of these answers, but any response provided would be awesome.
Thank you for giving me a reason to keep looking up even when things are down. Learning the secrets of the universe through your show Neil has been life-changing. Amazing conetent.
You never know if you have the right informations on the internet. And this is such a big thing, I don't trust all the information I read ordinateur see about that. So trust Startalk to have the actual Director of the NIF to educate us about their achievement !! Thank you guys !! You never disappoint. 😊
Currently in school for anthropology and I'm incorporating astronomy into it. Basically thanks to you and my main man Bill nye the science guy. I need endless videos, expand my thirst for more. Dewet.
Could you make a video explaining the main differences about this fusion and the european future plant in France ITER? Thanks, btw Chuck is a great equalizer in terms of making the scientists to explain things easier to understant for the mere mortal ones as myself and he is very very funny!, love Chuck and Neil, the great duo!
This is actually really interesting and exciting, I'm genuinely hopeful for what is to come from these experiments and possible development in the future
This is the subject I wanted to ask about when you were doing your talk in Columbia South Carolina a couple weeks ago. Unortunately we had a crazy lady asking about God, some other lady asking why she can't see the Big Dipper, and some guy who seem to be shaking his body all around arguing with you about something that you already knew about and agreed with. Not South Carolina's finest moment, I can assure you Dr. Tyson.
His explanation of the significants in energy density relative the sun was shocking. You always think of the sun as the most efficient method which it is but relative to the artificial out put method, it’s energy is equivalent to that from a compost pile… wow. That’s legitimately fascinating
Dutch being the official language of both Belgium and the Netherlands might be one reason. Another is possible not bothering with explaining to Americans the difference between one tiny spot on the globe next to another tiny spot. But still proud on this Flemish (Belgium) person.
Thanks for making this video I love the idea of fusion. This and the new Kerbal Space Program 2 coming out on Feb 24th, gives me a lot of hope. The kind of hope for us to use fusion for power across the entire world. The kind of hope for that to lead to us not needing to worry about earth as much and for us to focus on space since we have far less issues here.
@User-dsq4gh7lkd3f to the person who keeps making these bots. Find something better to do in life that actually help people. It is a lot more enjoyable.
Hey guys @StarTalk, I have an idea of topic to cover Dassault systems is currently implementing a digital twin - a virtual representation of a human heart, that is used to prepare, test and iterate operations strategies to save people lives in the US and abroad. The whole topic of digital twins would be super interesting to cover, from physical objects crash tests to human body surgery simulation, or airport hub congestion. There is very few articles on a topic that deserves more visibility, I discovered it thanks to a French TH-camr. Thanks, and keep doing what you do, I love your work!
Dr. Tyson, thank you for everything you've done for the science and non-scientific community. You've sparked my passion for science, and I listen to you everyday. If you read the phone book, I would stay for the whole video. (Okay, maybe not...)
It would be great if you could teach all kids for an hour or so all together on line. It should be required for science . That would light the fire of learning.
Bruno Van Wonterghem mentioned a goal of firing the inertial confinement fusion reactor 10 times a second instead of once a day. There are 86,400 seconds per day so that would be 864,000 times it would fire per day instead of once a day. One reason it fires once a day as I understand it is to let the system cool down and also the fuel pellet must be placed precisely. Also the fuel cost would be astronomical since the tritium component of the fuel is extremely expensive so its cost needs to be reduced. And also Bruno Van Wonterghem mentioned scaling up the energy output to a gigajoule from the 3 megajoules currently produced. In future broadcasts it would be interesting to hear how these problems might be solved.
I think a part of the answer was a little bit deceptive, because this isn't sustained fusion at all, in an ideal situation, you would have reached the conditions for fusion to occur, and then continually inject fuel so that it was self sustaining, which is actually the goal with the Tokamac's, but with this method, they need to continuously introduced tiny gold cylinders which have the fuel pellet stored inside it, then the lasers blast it with so much light that the gold vaporizes and emits mega X rays that actually heat the fuel pellet, of course this all happens in almost no time at all, and from what he was saying, the actual success is due to the specific way they engineered the tiny gold cylinder and pellet-these things are really tiny, like millimeters in size, and the reflective surfaces inside it have to be PERFECT-and the way the lasers are focused so that they bounce around in there and all finally direct to the exact position-they don't all come to a single point like you might expect, they create a sphere of x rays that then cause the fuel pellet to implode. I have never been a believer in this type of technology because although they have managed to get the physics right for the pellet heating, the actual energy needed to power all those lasers for a single shot is , a lot, and also the lasers themselves are extremely finicky things requiring cooling to prevent them from cracking due to thermal heat stress, the optics need to be perfectly clean, they require so much power that the grid can't deliver it, so they store it up by charging up a large capacitor bank, so for continuous operation they would need many capacitor banks and advanced lasers because the ones they have now can't fire continuously, I am putting my money on ITER, that will be the real "holy grail" of power generation, a new era for mankind, limitless power will solve almost all of our problems...and we might just get to see that happen...
Sounds an awful lot like what you would do when you jump a battery, only on a much larger scale. 🤔I'm glad you put this vid out, highly informative and quite an interesting topic I never thought I'd hear was close to being a real thing in my lifetime. 🥰
We need Nuclear now. Even if it's just fission for now. Every scientists knows that having to wait for the electricity and energy is holding us back as a species.
neil is so amazing and a wonderful scientist i always Wonder that his explanation about the universe and other related things is so clear not complex that everyone can easily understands means he is very brilliant the way he speaks about things how they began,work and how they sexists 👏👏👍👍
Neil, the Lithium plus neutron reaction is quite exothermic, so capturing the fusion neutrons in a lithium saly blanket efficiently converts neutron energy to heat, plus supplies tritium for the fuel. pellet(s). This is the blanket to which the good doctor refers.
What about Tokamaks and Stellarators??? Aren't they closer to fusion energy productions?? They also breed tritium in the outside walls capturing neutrons. Why isn't here any discussions about ITER (it's a huge international project), JET, Wendelstein 7-X, DEMO and so on...
Very nice overview. Slight correction, we (LLNL) have the highest energy laser in the world. The highest power laser is actually in Europe (the Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics).
Dr. Neil D. Tyson, please make it clear that the total energy used for the system "as a whole" is almost 300 times more then the nuclear fusion reaction produced and in terms of useable electricity that everyday people can use, in say the next five decades they are nowhere near it. Also please talk more about the tritium problem with regards to radioactivity and waste.
Thanks you for another great video! Will you ever go back to face to face interviews with decent audio quality though? Maybe only the long format 'specials'?
What would you do with a portable fusion reactor?
charge my phone
Design transportation to get from New York to California in less than half the time it takes currently. The rest of the solar system can wait till we do that...that is my logic though...
Use it to post a TikTok.
Drones
create my own element
Thank you Dr. Neil D. Tyson! I know you’re too humble to realize it, which is one of the many qualities that makes so many love you, but you have no idea how much you really have made the world a better place. Even if your contribution to society stopped right now, the invaluable information you’ve disseminated as of this moment will continue to make society a better place for decades to come. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making me so interested in science! I’m sure I’m far from the only one that could say the same thing!
Neil degrasse is alot of things...humble is not one of them lmao
Daym Andrew!!! Daym!!!!!!!!!!
Same exact feelings from me too
And I'm also thankful that he is spreading knowledge for common people to understand
Words out my mouf this drives my createful juice wipe out the solar system gears turning ready to learn more 💯 👌🏾 😌 💪🏾 😎. Jk 😄
Facts
Great to see an important and leading scientist and fellow countryman from our little county of Belgium 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
"Which is a good thing, because otherwise[...]"
Scientist dry wit at its best. That utterance had me laughing for a while. Please have Bruno back on. The back and forth between you guys was awesome.
Dr. Tyson always bringing the BEST in science with top specialists from around the globe!! I love everything you have done to bring renewed interest in astrophysics and science in general, Dr. Tyson!! And Chuck Nice is irreplaceable as well due to the amazing rapport you guys have between each other and the guests you bring on the show. Please never stop!!!
Great discussion about a great subject! I looked up more info on Dr. Wonterghem, I found an interview at the website for the National Ignition Facility, where he describes his background - and revealed he got to play an "extra" on the set of "Star Trek: Into Darkness", and the NIF was "converted" into a "spaceship". He got to keep his "red shirt" after they were done filming! How cool is that?! :)
I didn’t check, wether this is true. But after having watched this video, I would be even happier for him. Such an intelligent and sympathetic person.
Eh, Hollywood. Nty
Yes, it's a fact NIF used as a sound stage for ST: Into Darkness. This was the scene where Mr. Scott quits since not allowed to take apart prior to loading the Top Secret Missiles containing Kahn's crew. Go to that scene and then compare to NIF screen shots. All Lab employees were thrilled!
Neil! You're doing such a great job! Before I didn't know what was the importance of Science but then you entered to our lives and everything changed for the betterment!
What a fantastic episode! I learned so much. Thank you so much Dr. Tyson and Dr. Van Wonterghem and Chuck too for saying how we all feel 😂
Just found the channel. Absolutely thought provoking and inspirational. My hope for humanity is more people like you.
It's criminal this channel doesn't get more exposure
Dr Van Wonterghem is super serious but still has a great sense of humor. Chuck has that effect on people.
This is why Neil and startalk are so great. Neil doesn't play around, you need or want to know he and his friends find out. Thank you
This was delicious, and I think you should interview more people like Dr. Wonterghem, who are changing the course of humanity.
Hey guys thank you so much for the Absolutely Stellar content i cant thank you all enough for putting this show together you’ve been an absolute gift to me that i get to learn something new everyday with my favorite peoples!!
The pleasure is ours. Keep Looking Up!
Thank You Sir .... your family must really love you
Please thank them for sharing you with us all !
Read this Neil. You are my favorite science teacher ever. For real you bring out my love and excitement of learning. Also what an age to live in. P.s. love you to Chuck.
What I humble and insidefull man, he was patient enough to answer every single question in a simple way so everyone could understand. I only hope to hear more of this guy and of course the Fusion project that could potentially change humanity position on the 'Kardashev's scale' 😁👏👏👌
Incredible… it truly seems like humanity is on the verge of a new era in clean energy and self perpetuating energy creation.
Neil and Chuck for 2024
Incredible episode!! I love the visuals about the laser technology at the Livermore Lab (or the smaller individual green/red lasers) that are added in the video as the topics are explained. This certainly helps me get a much better understanding on the topics! Much appreciated!
This just goes to show that the more we all work together the more technologically advanced we can become!🥰🥰🥰
Great podcast Dr Tyson. Learned a lot I didn't know before.😎
I freaking love star talk! The episodes hosted by Niel & Chuck are always worthy of a chefs kiss 🤌
As complicated as that experiment was, Bruno was able to explain it in an understandable way. Thank you
thank you so much mr neil and chuck for every explainer video guys....
Lazer pens are part of my home protection protocol, anyone that enters my property I aim the lazer on their forehead, my 3 cats do the rest. Another interesting educational video guys, thanks 👍
Dr. Neil, I've been learning from you for a long time! Keep it up my brotha!
Boss Man is a wonderful guest. Nice one 👍🏻
Wow... if the physics is there, then this will transform humanity.
Neil I have some questions that were burning in my mind throughout the video. One, can the lithium in recycled batteries go in as the fuel to this project? Two, can the lithium that goes in be reused to make new batteries? Third and final question, how much energy is used to get to the base products (overhead/startup) and if they were calculated into the 300MJ? Not assuming you personally know everyone of these answers, but any response provided would be awesome.
Dr. Bruno Van Wonterghem - BossMan of Nuclear Fusion
Thank you for giving me a reason to keep looking up even when things are down. Learning the secrets of the universe through your show Neil has been life-changing. Amazing conetent.
Yes... we always need more.. this was such an awesome video
When Bruno had said how many joules he used, I was waiting for Chuck to say “I’d hate to see your electric bill !”
This is great, can you Dr. Tyson and Lord Chuck Nice have the Prof. from the Periodic Table Channel on for any topic; would be soooo appreciated 😊
Nice is getting really smart hanging around with all these smart people. Love it
Fascinating conversation, I feel like I've learned a lot about the basics of this topic in less than an hour. Thanks for the video.
Chuck is so perfect for this podcast
Another fascinating episode. Thank you
You never know if you have the right informations on the internet. And this is such a big thing, I don't trust all the information I read ordinateur see about that. So trust Startalk to have the actual Director of the NIF to educate us about their achievement !! Thank you guys !! You never disappoint. 😊
Currently in school for anthropology and I'm incorporating astronomy into it. Basically thanks to you and my main man Bill nye the science guy. I need endless videos, expand my thirst for more. Dewet.
Could you make a video explaining the main differences about this fusion and the european future plant in France ITER?
Thanks, btw Chuck is a great equalizer in terms of making the scientists to explain things easier to understant for the mere mortal ones as myself and he is very very funny!, love Chuck and Neil, the great duo!
This is actually really interesting and exciting, I'm genuinely hopeful for what is to come from these experiments and possible development in the future
Now after your intro and before I watch this, I would just like to personally thank you for what I'm about to watch.
Neil is always so relaxed and cool.
This is the subject I wanted to ask about when you were doing your talk in Columbia South Carolina a couple weeks ago. Unortunately we had a crazy lady asking about God, some other lady asking why she can't see the Big Dipper, and some guy who seem to be shaking his body all around arguing with you about something that you already knew about and agreed with. Not South Carolina's finest moment, I can assure you Dr. Tyson.
His explanation of the significants in energy density relative the sun was shocking. You always think of the sun as the most efficient method which it is but relative to the artificial out put method, it’s energy is equivalent to that from a compost pile… wow. That’s legitimately fascinating
We love you and your informative stuff yall give us more information is better than none 👍 😉
Dr. Van Wonterghem has a very Flemish (Belgian) name AND accent. Not sure why he said he was Dutch. Still enjoyed this thoroughly. Thank you!
Dutch being the official language of both Belgium and the Netherlands might be one reason. Another is possible not bothering with explaining to Americans the difference between one tiny spot on the globe next to another tiny spot.
But still proud on this Flemish (Belgium) person.
Yeeeeessssss!!!! Thank u Neil!!!! I was hoping you guys would make a longer video on fusion!!!!
Thanks for making this video I love the idea of fusion.
This and the new Kerbal Space Program 2 coming out on Feb 24th, gives me a lot of hope.
The kind of hope for us to use fusion for power across the entire world.
The kind of hope for that to lead to us not needing to worry about earth as much and for us to focus on space since we have far less issues here.
@User-dsq4gh7lkd3f to the person who keeps making these bots.
Find something better to do in life that actually help people.
It is a lot more enjoyable.
Thanks for the awesome content!
Awesome episode Doctor Tyson! Thank you so much, as always!
Hey guys @StarTalk, I have an idea of topic to cover
Dassault systems is currently implementing a digital twin - a virtual representation of a human heart, that is used to prepare, test and iterate operations strategies to save people lives in the US and abroad. The whole topic of digital twins would be super interesting to cover, from physical objects crash tests to human body surgery simulation, or airport hub congestion. There is very few articles on a topic that deserves more visibility, I discovered it thanks to a French TH-camr.
Thanks, and keep doing what you do, I love your work!
Awesome show. Learned a ton. Thank you all :)
Scientists:- 10 min is short.
Gen-Z, YT, Tik Tok:- Wait, do videos longer than 1min exits?
The best episode so far
This episode has been my favorite so far. Don’t know how you keep doing that. But I said that about the last episode also.
So fascinating! Thank you for all this awesome explanations and info!
I’m on the edge of understanding some of the process!
Dr. Tyson, thank you for everything you've done for the science and non-scientific community. You've sparked my passion for science, and I listen to you everyday. If you read the phone book, I would stay for the whole video. (Okay, maybe not...)
Thanks Bruno The Bossman for your great information
This is the best thing on TH-cam!
This is a marvelous presentation. Well Doine!!
Science is awesome!!!
This was utterly fascinating! Thank you!
I love when a guest slows Neil down✌🏽👌🏽
Great episode
It would be great if you could teach all kids for an hour or so all together on line. It should be required for science . That would light the fire of learning.
Bruno Van Wonterghem mentioned a goal of firing the inertial confinement fusion reactor 10 times a second instead of once a day. There are 86,400 seconds per day so that would be 864,000 times it would fire per day instead of once a day. One reason it fires once a day as I understand it is to let the system cool down and also the fuel pellet must be placed precisely. Also the fuel cost would be astronomical since the tritium component of the fuel is extremely expensive so its cost needs to be reduced. And also Bruno Van Wonterghem mentioned scaling up the energy output to a gigajoule from the 3 megajoules currently produced. In future broadcasts it would be interesting to hear how these problems might be solved.
I think a part of the answer was a little bit deceptive, because this isn't sustained fusion at all, in an ideal situation, you would have reached the conditions for fusion to occur, and then continually inject fuel so that it was self sustaining, which is actually the goal with the Tokamac's, but with this method, they need to continuously introduced tiny gold cylinders which have the fuel pellet stored inside it, then the lasers blast it with so much light that the gold vaporizes and emits mega X rays that actually heat the fuel pellet, of course this all happens in almost no time at all, and from what he was saying, the actual success is due to the specific way they engineered the tiny gold cylinder and pellet-these things are really tiny, like millimeters in size, and the reflective surfaces inside it have to be PERFECT-and the way the lasers are focused so that they bounce around in there and all finally direct to the exact position-they don't all come to a single point like you might expect, they create a sphere of x rays that then cause the fuel pellet to implode. I have never been a believer in this type of technology because although they have managed to get the physics right for the pellet heating, the actual energy needed to power all those lasers for a single shot is , a lot, and also the lasers themselves are extremely finicky things requiring cooling to prevent them from cracking due to thermal heat stress, the optics need to be perfectly clean, they require so much power that the grid can't deliver it, so they store it up by charging up a large capacitor bank, so for continuous operation they would need many capacitor banks and advanced lasers because the ones they have now can't fire continuously, I am putting my money on ITER, that will be the real "holy grail" of power generation, a new era for mankind, limitless power will solve almost all of our problems...and we might just get to see that happen...
Amazing!!! Thank You Dr. Tyson for this video and thank you to everyone working at the LLNL for providing hope for the future!!!
Thank you for sharing such mind expanding ideas!
Sounds an awful lot like what you would do when you jump a battery, only on a much larger scale. 🤔I'm glad you put this vid out, highly informative and quite an interesting topic I never thought I'd hear was close to being a real thing in my lifetime. 🥰
Let's go fusion reactions 🤙 can't wait for the future !
Absolutely amazing. I love science
Absolutely delightful!
We need Nuclear now. Even if it's just fission for now. Every scientists knows that having to wait for the electricity and energy is holding us back as a species.
Witness protection lol. I love this show. You're all so smart and funny
Incredibly interesting, thank you.
Could you send a second pellet into the first reaction to ignite the second pellet without re-fireing the Lazer?
best video ever
neil is so amazing and a wonderful scientist i always Wonder that his explanation about the universe and other related things is so clear not complex that everyone can easily understands means he is very brilliant the way he speaks about things how they began,work and how they sexists 👏👏👍👍
Neil, the Lithium plus neutron reaction is quite exothermic, so capturing the fusion neutrons in a lithium saly blanket efficiently converts neutron energy to heat, plus supplies tritium for the fuel. pellet(s). This is the blanket to which the good doctor refers.
Just started playing this video. SOOOOOOOOO excited on this one.
What about Tokamaks and Stellarators??? Aren't they closer to fusion energy productions?? They also breed tritium in the outside walls capturing neutrons. Why isn't here any discussions about ITER (it's a huge international project), JET, Wendelstein 7-X, DEMO and so on...
Very nice overview. Slight correction, we (LLNL) have the highest energy laser in the world. The highest power laser is actually in Europe (the Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics).
Thankyou guys. A very interesting and entertaining video. 👍
Great topic and guest!
This is very exciting, I hope before I leave this planet to see the first fusion factory operational. Really would be incredible
Neil if you are listening I love your videos and I want to be an astrophysicist I would like it if you could please suggest some book for me to read.
Best episode so far😎👍🏻🤓
In reference to cats; "they have no recourse against this laser."
This actually made me laugh out loud. Thankfully I was on my break
Dr. Neil D. Tyson, please make it clear that the total energy used for the system "as a whole" is almost 300 times more then the nuclear fusion reaction produced and in terms of useable electricity that everyday people can use, in say the next five decades they are nowhere near it.
Also please talk more about the tritium problem with regards to radioactivity and waste.
Hi, everyone, thank you. Thank you Neil thank you Chuck! I will build my own solar system my own start ! Yay!!
This is the best talk by far. But I find it insulting that you do not have Bruno Van Wonterghem name in the title.
The man is brilliant!❤
Amazing show
Seemed like there was a miscommunication at about 28:45.
The D-T reaction creates He4, not He3
Wonderful conversation
All i Can say Thank you Period.
Thanks you for another great video! Will you ever go back to face to face interviews with decent audio quality though? Maybe only the long format 'specials'?
This and crispr, the best news this planet has received in quite some time. We may make it yet.