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Altman’s $3.7 Billion Fusion Startup Leaves Scientists Puzzle Aside from the doubts purported to be shared by company insiders and industry doubters, the article does cite a Oct 14 goal for Polaris completion. How long after that would we have indication on whether Polaris will meet the net electri...

While this deal makes sense, it certainly doesn't strengthen my perception of Helion's outlook.

Came across this presentation from the 2023 NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop back in November: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/05-nasa-workshop-babuganguli.pdf Roadmap at the bottom: Tesla 4680 for comparison 232.5 Wh/kg 622.4 Wh/L 2023 • 300 Wh/kg • 350 Wh/L • 200 C/3 Cycles 2024 Tar...

Specifically, it was the reason for the attempt being delayed by one day. They de-stacked and swapped out the actuator (actually, all 4 I think I read).

Not only not the cause of the explosion, but also the explosion probably made the issue irrelevant

Per Reuter's headline article today, seems like they could use a little less FWS involvement, but a little more OSHA involvement:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/sp ... sk-safety/

Reddit source claims they have it in hand. FTS explosives are currently being installed.

IIRC, USFW has until mid March to decide. Having had dealings with them before, I would be surprised for any day short of their allotment. Mental greenies in disguise. While I don't doubt your insight into working with FWS, there has been been a lot of evidence pop up this week that signoff is immi...

CNBC article about it:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microso ... -2028.html

CNBC article about it:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microso ... -2028.html

Wow, Skipjack, that was much more than I hoped for, thank you so much! Curious… I’ve been loosely following this board for many, many years and I recall posts that appeared based on personal knowledge or relationships with the Helion team. Don’t recall if that was you… is the rebuttal here based on ...

"The problems with Helion Energy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vUPhsFoniw&ab_channel=ImprobableMatter In case anyone has the time and energy to post a rebuttal there. The top level (pinned) comment smears David Kirtley's honesty. I tried. It got deleted. Go figure. That guy is a complete jerk. ...

Some good reading has arrived just in time for the weekend:

https://netspublic.grc.nasa.gov/main/20 ... arship.pdf

Wow! That's a much better answer than I was expecting. Thanks!

Anyone have a decent idea how the Vortex compares to SpaceX's Merlin engines? I did a couple of searches but couldn't find any real discussion. It might be because the various sources currently seem a bit vague on the exact specs of the Vortex. One of the major benefits SpaceX is looking for in the...

We’re now over 30 shots and we have tripled fusion yield over last week. Not time yet to break out champagne, as we are still a factor of 4 short of our own record yield of ¼ joule. But going in the right direction. We’ve scanned from low to high fill pressure and we have found the sweet spot for n...