Talk-Polywell.org

http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2010/01/ ... velop.html

7M for the facilities, and 3.5M for initial research.

With offices in Raleigh, NC and Danville, VA, AVRC has been involved in advanced aerospace research for some time. The firm is now involved with the Lunar Google X-Prize.

http://www.avrc.com/FusionPropulsion.html

More blurb details here
http://hobbyspace.com/nucleus/?itemid=18190

The project derives from research by Dr. George Miley at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This AVRC Fusion Propulsion page has some resources such as this paper: Ultra Maneuverable Space Thruster Using IEC Plasma Jet Technology (pdf).

http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2010/01/ ... velop.html
links to ("spacecraft propulsion") youtube video with some serious graphics, with a side link to
http://www.crossfirefusor.com/nuclear-f ... rview.html

"The magnet walls are coated with a metal alloy like tungsten or depleted uranium for reflecting electromagnetic radiation (bremsstrahlung), mostly in X-ray range, back to plasma."

Too far past my bedtime to digest this right now. X-rays need grazing-incidence mirrors, I thought.

Are these guys working with EMC2 in any way?

Are these guys working with EMC2 in any way?

I haven't seen any clues that they are, officially.

Josh Cryer wrote:Are these guys working with EMC2 in any way?

Miley and Bussard did some papers together. And the Recent IEC conference at U. Wisconsin hosted by Nebel featured a session by Miley.