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Happy Holidays!

It was a bit scary how many tiles came off the Starship. Hopefully they have a path ahead for dealing with that.

There was an issue with an actuator for one of the grid fins.

The disruption, if it proves to be as real as it seems, will be tremendous. Looking forward to seeing it! Fingers crossed.

Totally agree!

Reading through, I wondered when I joined. 2009! I feel like Polywell is such an elegant idea that it just has to work!

I have enjoyed very much reading all the dialogue (even if I don't post much), in particular yours Skipjack! So thank you!

One of the issues with nuclear in ships is where they can go. Portcalls are limited because not every city/country is willing to have a nuclear reactor sitting in their harbor, especially pier side. There is also the cumbersome nature of fission reactors. A gas turbine power plant ship can go from d...

Wow. That could be a game changer.

Shipping Container Sized Commercial Nuclear Fusion is Fully Funded and May Arrive 2027 Nuclear Fusion startup, Helion Energy, received $500 million in funding and has $1.7 billion in commitments. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and former president of Y Combinator, led the round. Co-founder of Facebook D...

Same to everyone!

Wow.

This is getting pretty exciting! Between TAE and SPARC, 2025/2026 (inevitable delays) are going to be pretty explosive!

Just wish we knew what was going on with Polywell.

I think Elon has a bit of hubris, which considering his success is hard to blame him for having. I think he has thought long and hard about pathways to getting humanity off the "tit" of fossil fuel and believes in solar and batteries (and wind). Therefore, since he has thought long and hard and deci...

I second that!