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by Rick Kwan
Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:40 am
Forum: Awareness
Topic: aerospace research community
Replies: 5
Views: 7796

I guess here's the question that bothers me.

Dr. Bussard himself was very well versed in rocket propulsion. Is anyone in rocket propulsion closely following the Polywell fusion work, and continuing to refine Dr. Bussard's ideas? (SpaceDev folks, perhaps?)
by Rick Kwan
Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:05 pm
Forum: Awareness
Topic: aerospace research community
Replies: 5
Views: 7796

I looked at the ISDC slides. They seemed pretty good to me. I agree that it would be good to have a rocket scientist talking to rocket scientists. I just wonder who that is. Is there such a person today? The conferences I'd expect someone to target are: * Joint Propulsion Conference, held in early A...
by Rick Kwan
Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:32 pm
Forum: Awareness
Topic: aerospace research community
Replies: 5
Views: 7796

Thanks, Tom, for the quick reply. I fully expected that Dr. Bussard would be an AIAA Fellow. I confess I haven't met many 60-year members; and when I did, it was only on the aeronautics side of the house. I've just started to peer into the AIAA papers; the Joint Propulsion Conference (JPC) certainly...
by Rick Kwan
Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:44 am
Forum: Awareness
Topic: aerospace research community
Replies: 5
Views: 7796

aerospace research community

I'm new to this forum, having discovered polywell fusion a few weeks ago while following leads on space nuclear propulsion. I recall someone mentioning that other government agencies than the Navy and DOE should be interested in this, i.e., NASA. This strikes me as something that should be of intere...