On 10/5/2012 6:14 PM, wrote:
"That's basically dilithium crystals we're using,"
he said.

Trekkies everywhere shudder in delight.

Um sorry no.

This is well-known "fusion-fuel". Been around ever since the
Castle-Bravo test employed it in the "shrimp" device.

It is called lithium-deuteride (or more properly lithium6-deuteride as
opposed to its cousin lithium7-deuteride) not "di-lithium" which would
imply two atoms of lithium only...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium...hium_deuteride
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo

Sorry Trekkies....

Dave