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instead of Large Hadron Collider we should have build Large Lithium Burner

this lithium does all kinds of shit. At one point they were ...
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  10/28/25
"In the 1960s, Rocketdyne test-fired an engine using a ...
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Date: October 28th, 2025 6:54 PM
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this lithium does all kinds of shit. At one point they were liquifying it, then spraying it into a fine mist to use as fuel in rocket engines. I think it was Rocketdyne who did this, maybe in the 1950s. It's been mystery tech since then though. Off limits they say.

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Date: October 28th, 2025 6:58 PM
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"In the 1960s, Rocketdyne test-fired an engine using a mixture of liquid lithium, gaseous hydrogen, and liquid fluorine to produce a specific impulse of 542 seconds, likely the highest measured such value for a chemical rocket motor.[2] Despite the high specific impulse, the technical difficulties of the combination and the hazardous nature of the propellants precluded further development.[3]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripropellant_rocket

That's what I mean. They just decided it was "too dangerous" 60-70 years ago, and we never bothered to look at all the kooky shit you can do with molten lithium

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5790978&forum_id=2...id.#49383052)