Classical Values :: The Boys At Talk-Polywell Have Struck Paydirt.
Classical Values blog has posted a summary of discussions at TalkPolywell about encouraging news emerging from the legacy of Dr. Robert Bussard i.e. the Polywell research efforts of Dr. Richard Nebel and colleagues which is aiming at a net-power Polywell Hybrid IEC Fusion Machine – a Bussard Fusor. Seems they’re sufficiently impressing the USN with their results – independently audited too – that they’re getting funding for a new WB (“Whiffle-Ball”) machine to explore the fusion capabilities of Bussard’s designs. Given positive results from the ordered upgraded WB-8 and the plucky experimenters will be building a WB-9 with even heftier ion-guns.
Net fusion will be a clearer goal once all the data are in…