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I first read about this in an article in Analog Science Fiction magazine. The technology sounded cool but the venue of publication seemed inauspicious. . . I
by eggoa 17y ago
I first read about this in an article in Analog Science Fiction magazine. The technology sounded cool but the venue of publication seemed inauspicious. . . I really hope this produces something.
- sp332 17y agoRobert Bussard has more detail in his Google Tech Talk: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606&ei=dS3JSuLbAsSXlAfQnsHcBg http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606&...
- stcredzero 17y agoUnfortunately, $10M is 1/20th what Robert Bussard wanted to try and build a break-even demo reactor.
- berntb 17y agoAccording to Nebel, the research leader, the present funding is enough to know if it will work. Check this, from May. http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/05/dr-richard-nebel-we-will-know-if-iec.html http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/05/dr-richard-nebel-we-will-kn... Edit: Which was linked from the article. :-) Sigh, I read the recent news last night somewhere else and didn't check this.