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Depends on the CPU. Also, why not run it on the GPU?

The Starship hopper was destroyed last night by a storm :( https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47120.msg1904371#msg1904371 Only the "fairing" part of it. The part with the tanks and "legerons" is fine. The rest was built in a few days. So it should be an easy repair.

New updates from LPPF. No new experiments results. They are still preparing for experiments:
https://lppfusion.com/plans-for-the-new-experiments/
https://lppfusion.com/proton-boron-p11b-fuel-arrives/
https://lppfusion.com/axial-field-coil- ... assembled/

Princeton Fusion Systems, which is a subsidiary of Princeton Satellite Systems got 1.25 million from ARPA-E to fund further development of Sam Cohen's PFRC. This is good news, since despite some impressive progress over the years, the PFRC has always been a bit of a stepchild at PPPL with just enoug...

Someone said on reddit that Binderbauer was misquoted and that the two year time frame is not correct. It will be more like 5 years until they demonstrate break even.

I would be interested if Skipjack has heard from his sources what Helion is targeting for 'proof of science'. They should be close too based on his previous unofficial reports. Helion has been very quiet and they barely release any new information. The only things I posted about were things that ha...

Yes, I have since then found it. Thanks guys! I find it quite large, at least compared to their original projected plant sizes. I guess things did not always quite turn out as planned, or maybe they are still planning to optimize the scale after Initial commercialization (and the larger funds that t...

The scale of the TAE Technologies devices is becoming impressive. Norman is about 30 m long, Copernicus is planned to be more than 45 m long and the power plant plan is for a device almost 110 m long. These are linear devices and that gives of course a lot ot benefits, but they will still be rather...

This is excellent news and will be a great boost to fusion research and fusion companies that are looking for funding. Once one entity has achieved break even, the stigma will be broken and money will start to flow.

Looks like they still have ways to go. Next prototype will only be 10% of Lawson.

China gets free tech... now there is a man tough to negotiate with. You do realize that Tesla gave away all of their patents for free years ago? Also, from what I understand, the Chinese are putting quite a bit of their own money behind this as well. The physics behind Helion's technology were publ...

And then we have Elon Musk swoop in and build a multi- billion- USD factory in China and all the top dogs there seem to be very happy about it. Lots of handshakes and kind words about renewed partnership. It may just be politician talk, but maybe, just maybe, he might be a better diplomat than the d...

I still wished that they had looked into making the Starship and SSTO for launching Starlink satellites. Yes, payload would be small, but enough for Starlink. Starlink will need hundreds of launches. That would be a great way to get operational experience quickly and SSTOs have a (small) operational...

Or maybe a totally different problem is being fixed by the SS https://www.wired.com/story/a-spacex-delivery-capsule-may-be-contaminating-the-iss/ Edit but the more I read and think about it Nasa might be clipping wings on this new bird. I just read the bracket report and I thing they are so resista...

Thanks for posting that! Seems like they made some progress this year, but still a long way to go. At least looks like their current path forward has funding, which is always a good thing. Hope it works out for them, though 200 to 1000 tonnes is not exactly "compact" anymore.