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A slide from APS-DPP 2024:

"Marvel Fusion lands $70M for laser-powered fusion bet" https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/marvel-fusion-lands-70m-for-laser-powered-fusion-bet/ The startup will soon build a demonstration facility in collaboration with Colorado State University, where it hopes two 100-Joule lasers will prove its cor...

https://www.zapenergy.com/news/zap-energy-unveils-fusion-power-plant-tech-130m-funding . The news has been deleted. Now there is just a generic announcement in the news section about the Saudi fund investment in ZAP, but no more mentions of the amount. Here's a copy of the press release: September ...

"Taking a walk around our fusion byproducts processing lab"

https://x.com/i/status/1839334480903102859

https://news.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-backed-type-one-120000120.html "Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy lands massive seed extension to commercialize fusion power" Ever since a government experiment proved in 2022 that fusion isn’t as far-fetched as it once seemed, physicists, engineers, and invest...

"Luxembourg Future Fund 2, a Joint Initiative by SNCI and EIF, Announces Equity Investment into Lyten, leader in Lithium-Sulfur battery technology, to Accelerate Expansion into Luxembourg and Europe" https://batteriesnews.com/luxembourg-future-fund-2-a-joint-initiative-by-snci-and-eif-announces-equi...

The start of a Polaris vacuum vessel being removed from its spinning mold. These large tubes are made from fused silica (quartz) and will soon be machined into final vacuum vessels. Each end of Polaris will have a large tube, and our team is making several to select the best performers. https://pbs...

"Nuclear fusion startup Xcimer raises $100M to chase laser-based power" https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/nuclear/nuclear-fusion-startup-xcimer-raises-100m-to-chase-laser-based-power this approach is the same one used by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) th...

https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1799052826817302711 NASA has developed and tested this Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, successfully tested a novel, 3D-printed RDRE for 251 seconds (or longer than four minutes), pro...

Is Starship in peril of turning into a flop?

Elon Musk tweeted that they have no solution to loss of heat shield tiles, despite pouring much effort into it. Losing even one tile could be fatal to a Starship.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1796049014938357932

From X:

Richard Mansell wrote:@ivo_ltd is excited that we are on track for our next space test being launched with @RogueSpaceCorp in NET Q1 2025! More details will be shared as we get closer to the launch date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9ya-E ... tBigFuture

An interview with Brian Berzin of Thea Energy. I haven't watched it yet but hopefully it will be of some interest.

"Lyten Achieves Manufacturing Milestone; Now Producing Lithium-Sulfur Batteries At Greater Than 90% Yield" https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240312784103/en/Lyten-Achieves-Manufacturing-Milestone-Now-Producing-Lithium-Sulfur-Batteries-At-Greater-Than-90-Yield The lithium-sulfur manufacturing ...

Giorgio wrote: ↑

Sun May 05, 2024 8:10 am

hoping that we will not see another scenario like IVO's Berry-1......

Hehe, they plan to put one (Firestar) up in Barry-2.

"ROCKETSTAR SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATES FIRESTAR™ NUCLEAR FUSION-ENHANCED PULSED PLASMA PROPULSION DRIVE" https://thedebrief.org/rocketstar-successfully-demonstrates-firestar-nuclear-fusion-enhanced-pulsed-plasma-propulsion-drive/ RocketStar Inc. has announced the first successful demonstration of the...