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Interesting, thanks. Would it be possible to use Helion's scheme for HB11 (assuming they manage net power)?

• pfdietz 5y ago
  Since I also don't think their central idea works (it's off by a factor of 100) it hardly matters. pdf: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2012/2012.14533.pdf https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2012/2012.14533.pdf
  • DennisP 5y ago
    Ok fine, that's a separate issue, maybe you're right. But also maybe there's a chance that there's a way to make it work (as your link suggests at the end). It seems to me that the initial impetus, a small explosion of charged particles, is the same for both HB11 and Helion. So it doesn't seem like it matters if HB11's energy extraction doesn't work, as long as Helion's does.