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6 cubesats deployed. Launch is at 19:48.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwMuUxSrcA

Does anyone know what their funding situation is now? I cast about on the web and it seems their most recent influx of money was from a $25M grant in May of 2016. They say they'll need several hundreds of millions to build their 70% prototype.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180926005265/en/NantEnergy-Announces-Largest-Global-Deployment-Novel%C2%A0Air-Breathing Two things caught my eye: ⋅ NantEnergy announces largest global deployment of a novel air breathing zinc rechargeable battery – 3,000 installations in nine count...

Since news is slow lately:

"World's First Closed Suncell"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM-h9bguelk

Here we go again? Deneum Proves Feasibility Hypothesis for its Nuclear Fusion Power Station, Concludes $ 1M Private Round https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/deneum-proves-feasibility-hypothesis-for-its-nuclear-fusion-power-station-concludes-1m-private-round-2018-08-29 Offering global market t...

The owner of the company replied to a comment attached to the article: If the specific impulse is as they say, 150 to 180, then this is completely worthless technology. Chemical rockets get a specific impulse of up to 400, I think they meant either 1500 or 15,000. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT PEOPLE Hey CJ,...

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/21/propelling-deep-space-flight-with-a-new-fuel-source-momentus-prepares-for-liftoff/ First product has a specific impulse of 150 to 180, later products higher as the supplied power increases. The chief benefit seems to be cost. EDIT: more information on the website of...

https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/environment/first-semisolid-lithium-batteries-to-debut-this-year-in-drones They seem to be in exactly the same place they claimed to be about two years ago. The company is currently testing its batteries for drones and expects to begin selling them later this year, f...

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/231351/20180628/fusion-reactor-shatters-records-with-temperature-almost-3-times-hotter-than-the-sun.htm The stellarator has reached a temperature of 40 million Kelvin at a plasma density of 0.8 x 1020 particles per cubic meter. This was maintained for a total of 26...

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/26/th ... y-done-it/

There's a link to his paper (published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society) early in the article.

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/26/th ... y-done-it/

Link to his paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society early in the article.

Looking back over the past few years in the forum: EEStor (final death rattle) Graphenano (big promises in 2016, nothing since) Brilluion (seven years later, still no demonstration model) Cannae Drive (were going to send one into space, nothing since) QuackX (should be at the top of the list) Flywhe...

Nasa is spending billions on SLS when they could buy all the lift they needed far cheaper and have money left over. Pollywell is sitting in the corner not because it will not work; but because it's the ugly kid at the dance. its just not sexy enough. Worried about carbon in the atmosphere? offloadi...

Falcon Heavy may launch today at 2:20 pm Eastern. Can watch it here: https://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html 27 engines? The vibrations must be fierce. I hope it flies, but fear there's going to be one heck of an explosion before it gets to max Q. EDIT: They did it! T...