Not much new here, though.
We do now know for sure that peer review is underway:
Nebel told me that the results of the first-phase test are now being reviewed by the funders and experts in the fusion energy field.
Nebel told me that the results of the first-phase test are now being reviewed by the funders and experts in the fusion energy field.
I have posts up at the usual places and the newsgroup has been notified.TallDave wrote:http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/ ... 01440.aspx
Not much new here, though.
We do now know for sure that peer review is underway:
Nebel told me that the results of the first-phase test are now being reviewed by the funders and experts in the fusion energy field.
I think I'll wait until the results get published. But I have a bottle of excellent mead that's been aging for a couple years that I might just have to open.JohnP wrote:The tone of the article, and the quotes from Dr Nebel, are about as positive as you can get under the circumstances. Boy, it's hard to keep the champaign corked!
... and we shall bury our manuscript in a chest for the generations to come.Regardless of what happens to it, we're going to get this thing well written up and documented
Hope is in the air !I hope [Bob Bussard] will be remembered for that. I think that will be the case.
Well, these are the tidbits I found exciting:seedload wrote:Wow, I read this entirely differently.
On results - "It's kind of a mix"
On going forward - "We don't know whether that's going to happen or not."
On the science - "Regardless of what happens to it, we're going to get this thing well written up..."
On Bussard's legacy - "(he) was a truly innovative person... I hope he will be remembered for that."
I hope I can't read.
If WB7 design didn't hold up, and if the concept wasn't working, why plan to go forward?When I talked with Nebel last week, he would say only that his team has "a plan to go forward."
Why would he bother thinking about extending his leave if the thing was a dud? Surely there must be interesting stuff going on at LANL.Nebel said his leave from Los Alamos is due to reach the one-year mark in mid-September, but he doesn't foresee any problem in extending the leave if the second-phase funding comes through.
For me this is quite clear. I hope I will be in the right track. We should wait for the review. This will give us the final clue ( or maybe not in case of going secret )"Bob Bussard was a truly innovative person, that's abundantly clear," Nebel said. "I hope he will be remembered for that. I think that will be the case."