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Giorgio wrote: ↑

Sun May 05, 2024 8:10 am

hoping that we will not see another scenario like IVO's Berry-1......

Hehe, they plan to put one (Firestar) up in Barry-2.

"ROCKETSTAR SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATES FIRESTAR™ NUCLEAR FUSION-ENHANCED PULSED PLASMA PROPULSION DRIVE" https://thedebrief.org/rocketstar-successfully-demonstrates-firestar-nuclear-fusion-enhanced-pulsed-plasma-propulsion-drive/ RocketStar Inc. has announced the first successful demonstration of the...

A new contender has appeared in this dubious field: https://thedebrief.org/nasa-veterans-propellantless-propulsion-drive-that-physics-says-shouldnt-work-just-produced-enough-thrust-to-defeat-earths-gravity/ NASA VETERAN’S PROPELLANTLESS PROPULSION DRIVE THAT PHYSICS SAYS SHOULDN’T WORK JUST PRODUCED...

https://youtu.be/Rd6eO8L_RE8?t=61 Simple little video but it provides a couple bits of news: Quaise Energy plans to move from testing in the lab out to drilling in Marble Falls, Texas, this year. They estimate that it would take thirty years for a site to cool significantly after power generation st...

https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-ventures-invests-in-helicity-space/ SAN FRANCISCO – Helicity Space, a California startup developing fusion engines for spaceflight, announced an investment April 2 from Lockheed Martin Ventures. “Many things need to be worked out but they’re at an interesting ph...

Almost 5 months already and Barry-1 keeps losing altitude at a constant rate: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/graph-orbit-data.php?CATNR=58338 It doesn't look good. :( Barry-1 itself is done. They were having power problems and never reached the point where testing of the IVO devices (two are ...

Tweet from Quaise:

Today, we are pleased to announce the closing of a $21 Million Series A1 financing round led by
@PreludeVC and @SafarPartners to unlock abundant #geothermal energy for all

https://twitter.com/QuaiseEnergy/status ... 8919543288

"Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion" Detailed study of magnets built by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems confirms they meet requirements for an economic, compact fusion power plant. https://news.mit.edu/2024/tests-show-high-temperature-superconducting-magnets...

I'll admit that I spend too much time on various forums. Nevertheless, it's led me to observe a common feature of discussions of fusion. A person will come into a thread and proclaim that company so-and-so is a scam, or that fusion is always 10 years away, or that fusion won't be realized for anothe...

Has any estimate been put forward by Helion as to what it will cost to manufacture a 50 MWe power plant?

Thea Energy Announces $20 Million Series A Financing https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/08/2826013/0/en/Thea-Energy-Announces-20-Million-Series-A-Financing.html Funds will accelerate next phase of planar coil magnet array manufacturing, integrated stellarator system modeling, and tea...

Rumor is that Rogue Space Systems has offered IVO a next ride in Q4 2025.

Article from Quaise:

https://www.quaise.energy/news/digging- ... ter-future

There's no detail about their operations save that they are approaching their initial trials.

Mike McCulloch tweeted on Jan. 30th that is hasn't been switched on yet. No information as to why not though.

Today's tweet from IVO Ltd's CEO:

Richard Mansell wrote: LEOP of Barry-1 is going very slowly, but it is progressing. I appreciate @RogueSpaceCorp's work toward preparations for the Quantum Drive's first test. No exact date yet.