Comments on: A Bussard Fusion Update

By: Matt M

Matt M — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:06:04 +0000

Excellent. Really like the summary.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:45:36 +0000

A much lower-rent effort to get to p-B11 fusion is here: http://focusfusion.org/index.php/site/article/the_trigger_system/

This rig will run on D-D first, and then (probably late 2010) step up to p-B11, for which it is designed.

By: James Bowery

James Bowery — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:46:30 +0000

Erratum:
“Farnsworth showed decades ago that magnetic confinement offered a path to fusion.”
should read:
“Farnsworth showed decades ago that electrostatic confinement offered a path to fusion.”

By: TallDave

TallDave — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:45:04 +0000

Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:24:28 +0000

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge 1872

Somehow this quote seemed appropriate. I know that Farnsworth, Bussard and Nebel have all demonstrated uncommon persistence.

By: M. Simon

M. Simon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:03:49 +0000

Thanks!

And an excellent article. Esp. loved the pictures.