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If there is thrust, it isn't evident to me from the orbital data visible on celestrak.org. Either they haven't cranked the drive up yet, or the effect must be subtle. If it's the latter, unfortunately no one is going to be convinced of anything. It needs to be boosted into a higher orbit (or at leas...

Helion's progress is starting to feel like the Dichotomy Paradox. Namely that, to reach a destination, you first need to reach a point halfway between, then halfway between that, then halfway between that, and so on, endlessly, so that you can never quite finish.

More funding for General Fusion:

https://generalfusion.com/post/a-new-da ... d-members/

It says "oversubscribed", but $22 million really isn't very much. It keeps them alive for a while, maybe long enough to reach a milestone.

Well, as hope fades for the IVO Quantum Drive, yet another company appears on the horizon:

https://qde-inc.com/

I don't have the mental energy to try to understand how they claim it works, but in a recent tweet, they mentioned a 2026 orbital test.

Each day, I look hopefully at Celestrak...

each day, OTP-2 continues to descend.

Sigh.

Helion video talking about Trenta data!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuB3bIsJeJA

"Historic news for CFS: We've signed a landmark agreement with @Google"

https://x.com/CFS_energy/status/1939670266172334165

The tweet includes a video and mentions that Google is increasing its corporate investment in CFS

So, Rogue Space Systems stated that it is satisfied that the cubesat is fully operational.

90 days in, no sign that it's under any sort of propulsion. *shrugs*

"Nuclear fusion gets $3.4 billion boost as UK repurposes old coal plant site" https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-fusion-gets-3-4-billion-boost-as-uk-repurposes-old-coal-plant-site The ambitious project, known as STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production), will rise from the ashes ...

$150M more in funding for TAE

https://tae.com/tae-technologies-raises ... ing-round/

An article about what Quaise is doing:

https://newatlas.com/energy/quaise-ener ... o-houston/

They're drilling now.

Bad news :( "General Fusion lays off staff due to 'unexpected and urgent financing constraints' " https://physicsworld.com/a/general-fusion-lays-off-staff-due-to-unexpected-and-urgent-financing-constraints/ Canada has put a fair bit of money into General Fusion. If Trudeau up there had diverted even...

From the David Kirtley tweet above:

Announcing to the world that they are in need of financial support unfortunately seems like desperation. The sort of thing one does after having approached many sources of VC unsuccessfully.

Unfortunately, things don't appear to be looking good for First Light: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/british-nuclear-fusion-pioneer-wipes-142715306.html .. the nuclear group abandoned plans for a prototype power plant based on its “projectile fusion” technology because of a lack of funding. Instead...