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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...

David Kirtley wrote:Our team is crushing it right now!! Incredible to have so many people working around the clock - especially on the weekends - to get things done. Some of the best work happens on Saturdays at the office!

https://x.com/dekirtley/status/1916357936286470485

Here's a nice slide from the stack:

It feels like the performance problem is killing this forum

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/graph-orbit-data.php?CATNR=63235 EDIT: We have not been notified of a permanent NORAD ID yet. 63235 is OBJECT_AB which refers to a piece of space debris from the Argentinian satellite SAC-C, an Earth observation satellite launched on November 21, 2000. The tempor...

No SATCAT number yet, but SatNOGS is showing green pings.

There's another IVO Quantum Drive in orbit now aboard Rogue Space System's new satellite OTP-2. This was launched on SpaceX Transporter 13 a few days ago. OTP-2 doesn't seem to appear on celestrak.org but there have been tweets that the satellite is alive and kicking. There's also an experimental io...

another helion video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxuPkDOuiM4 Yes, Sabine Hossenfelder. Disappointingly, she starts with the same tired argument, namely that Helion made some predictions early on that didn't pan out, therefore anything they say is suspect. This when Helion stated that it would o...