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If there is thrust, it isn't evident to me from the orbital data visible on celestrak.org. Either they haven't cranked the drive up yet, or the effect must be subtle. If it's the latter, unfortunately no one is going to be convinced of anything. It needs to be boosted into a higher orbit (or at lea...

In other news: Helion launches Hercules a 17 Million dollar funding program for external researchers at universities, national labs and private enterprise. The idea is to offset the funding cuts to fusion research by the current administration: Now accepting proposals for HERCULES, Helion’s external...

Helion's progress is starting to feel like the Dichotomy Paradox. Namely that, to reach a destination, you first need to reach a point halfway between, then halfway between that, then halfway between that, and so on, endlessly, so that you can never quite finish. I don't think this is quite fair. A...

Yeah, but a rotating plasma comes with its own challenges. Looking at their simulation, it seems like they lost density in the process, which kind of makes sense.

The input energy recovery will always be the same, no matter how much of the fuel fuses.

I don't quite understand this calculation. It seems like you are ignoring the p completely?
Also, Helion should have a lot lower losses than 50%.

With He3 selling for $20,000/g and tritium for $30,000/g, I wonder if they can make a profit running on D-D without generating net electricity. At least until the markets for those gasses crash. The problem with saying that tritium is $30,000/g is that it may be because the production cost is very ...

Nice!

Yeah, that is something that I have been saying for a while. They will likely burn the He3 and sell the Tritium until the market is saturated. They can go pretty low with the price too (below 1000 USD/gram) before it becomes more profitable to let it decay and burn the resulting He3.

Installing the roof shielding for Polaris.

Latest Helion Newsletter is out! HelionCapBank.jpg 2025 is moving fast here in Everett, and I am continuously inspired by the momentum across the team. We’re testing Polaris as we build out additional subsystems for full power operations in Ursa, optimizing our production capacity in Antares, and we...

pbelter wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:32 pm

Jim Woodward has died

https://x.com/timventura/status/1954581046806360369

This is sad. One might not agree with him on his theories, but I still feel sorry for the loss.

mvanwink5 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:42 am

Nope! They already have the He3 for the D-He3 campaign.

Wow! Eliminates doubters. 2025 fingers crossed, tsunami approaching fast.

Cost of He3 is peanuts compared to the other costs they are incurring.

The Lyten company has acquired the former Northvolt establishment in Skellefteå, Sweden: https://www.di.se/nyheter/northvolt-saljs-till-amerikanska-lyten/ The American battery manufacturer Lyten is buying Northvolt. The assets are valued at 50 billion kronor – but Lyten has not paid that much. “The...

pbelter wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 09, 2025 1:31 am

Update from Richard Mansell
https://x.com/RaMansell/status/1953960462116442398?s=19

Just saw that too. It may succeed (I am very skeptical) or it may fail. Either way, excitement is guaranteed