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Hmmm....

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_i ... &utm_term=

While not as impressive as a Bussard thruster, a novel use of nuclear batteries.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/ ... ploration/

You could also setup an Employee Securities Company (ESC) where fusion enthusiasts could be investor/employees, but you would be limited. Granted, the Crowd Funding SEC regulation will only allow $1M in investment. http://www.debevoise.com/newseventspubs/publications/detail.aspx?id=443b0b88-0696-41b...

Yes, in the opinion of the committee, warranted continuation and expansion. If the Iranian polywell has 34 magnets that we can assume a be of a minimum practical size, that means a large radius machine. Probably a top secret race to develop a breakeven fusion reactor going on since WB7 confirmed th...

ladajo wrote:I love the Cap bank cage in the background of the pic on pages 65/66!

I noticed that too!

It seems like you'd need (as pictured) several of these at different angles to really understand the plasma distribution instead of just hoping the core size is ~20cm.

So noone has any input on this sutff? I am very curious, but my knowledge of patent law is embarrassingly limited. In addition to the patents of Bussard, there are these related to his invention: Modular Apparatus for Confining Plasma - 2010 System and Methods for Magnetically Assisted IEC Fusion - ...

I had the same realization about a funding strategy. Social funding is a great alternative to SBIR or DARPA grants. Primarily so because it IS a very risky project, thus, to dilute the risk, increasing the number of financiers seems like the proper road to funding.

Hello Polywell community, I have been "taking" a lot of information from this forum over the past few months, and I have decided it is time to join the discussion. My formal training is a BA in Mechanical Engineering, but I focused on thin film deposition which is where I first became interested in ...