NASA Makes It Rain

• tcarrier32

  

  [video=youtube;xURZ-tDYiyc][/video]
  
  Not a new concept, but cool to see it in action. Basically NASA has an engine that pushes out massive amounts of water vapor in the form of a cloud. Makes it rain shortly thereafter. Pretty neat.
• Classyposter58

  

  tcarrier32;1044531 wrote:[video=youtube;xURZ-tDYiyc][/video]
  
  Not a new concept, but cool to see it in action. Basically NASA has an engine that pushes out massive amounts of water vapor in the form of a cloud. Makes it rain shortly thereafter. Pretty neat.

  Kinda scary that we have the power to mess with mother nature
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Awesome stuff.
  
  But...why do it?
• -Society-

  

  Tobias Fünke;1044568 wrote:Awesome stuff.
  
  But...why do it?

  You honestly couldn't see any reason they would do this?
• hoops23

  

  I'll be impressed when they add thunder, lightning, tornadoes, and tsunamis.
• Classyposter58

  

  Tobias Fünke;1044568 wrote:Awesome stuff.
  
  But...why do it?

  Drought would never be an issue again which means an almost unlimited food supply
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Classyposter58;1044572 wrote:Drought would never be an issue again which means an almost unlimited food supply

  Naturally the was my first assumption, but this just looks so inefficient.
  
  Are they taking oxygen and combining it with the hydrogen to make the vapor, or is the water already there and they are vaporizing it?
• Classyposter58

  

  Tobias Fünke;1044574 wrote:Naturally the was my first assumption, but this just looks so inefficient.
  
  Are they taking oxygen and combining it with the hydrogen to make the vapor, or is the water already there and they are vaporizing it?

  Probably its a giant steam type of machine. And then a large amount of coalescence takes place because of the heat and force it took to just make the cloud. Once it hits gets higher into the atmosphere and starts hitting more wind and air turbulence it just rings itself out
• Tobias Fünke

  

  I guess I would have thought that a simple desalination plant and standard irrigation would do the trick more efficiently.
  
  It is definitely neat though.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  In short, what's the difference between that and this:
  
  
• tcarrier32

  

  Tobias Fünke;1044590 wrote:In short, what's the difference between that and this:
  
  

  we'll we'd have to know the chemical composition of the smoke in your photo. what is being produced in the video is just hydrogen and oxygen. the thing being fired is actually a jet engine. so they are using this type of engine, one that emits water vapor, as a possible means for getting astronauts into space. the vapor just so happens to form into clouds and make it rain. the applications are endless, but this isn't free energy or anything.