Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:24 am
So has Polywell even proved if it has two neutrons to rub together?
It comes down to a pretty simple yes or no .... neutrons or not?
How many "peers" need to stand around the instruments and agree on that?
"Nuancing the neutrons" seems to be the business of big government fusion programs, something Bussard was quite scathing of I noticed.
Success is measured in a well-funded report-proposal-report writing cycle not necessarily producing anything of merit or commercial viability.
It's not that people are bad, it's just what the system makes them do with the way it has perverted incentivisation and allocation of resources.
It comes down to a pretty simple yes or no .... neutrons or not?
How many "peers" need to stand around the instruments and agree on that?
"Nuancing the neutrons" seems to be the business of big government fusion programs, something Bussard was quite scathing of I noticed.
Success is measured in a well-funded report-proposal-report writing cycle not necessarily producing anything of merit or commercial viability.
It's not that people are bad, it's just what the system makes them do with the way it has perverted incentivisation and allocation of resources.