aerospace research community
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:44 am
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 interest to the Exploration Systems mission directorate of NASA. The centers that come to mind are NASA Glenn for propulsion, and NASA Ames for lunar (and eventually other planetary) settlements. (NASA Ames is a lead center for nanotechnology, which has some hope for room temperature superconductivity.)
The umbrella professional society for aerospace is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). AIAA has a technical committee on Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion. If they aren't already aware of polywell fusion, it should be put on their radar. (I stumbled onto one person on the committee; I hope he is reading the links I published.)
I'm a computer scientist with some aerospace background, and have some connections with aerospace researchers in Silicon Valley. In spite of the region's reputation for information technology, there are quite a few serious aerospace interest groups and organizations out here (including NASA Ames, the SETI Institute, and a couple of large aerospace companies). If someone who is involved with the work (or closely associated with them) has a prepared song-and-dance for scientists and engineers, I think it would be worth getting the people out here educated. Some of my local AIAA cohorts have expressed interest, and can help make contacts.
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 interest to the Exploration Systems mission directorate of NASA. The centers that come to mind are NASA Glenn for propulsion, and NASA Ames for lunar (and eventually other planetary) settlements. (NASA Ames is a lead center for nanotechnology, which has some hope for room temperature superconductivity.)
The umbrella professional society for aerospace is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). AIAA has a technical committee on Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion. If they aren't already aware of polywell fusion, it should be put on their radar. (I stumbled onto one person on the committee; I hope he is reading the links I published.)
I'm a computer scientist with some aerospace background, and have some connections with aerospace researchers in Silicon Valley. In spite of the region's reputation for information technology, there are quite a few serious aerospace interest groups and organizations out here (including NASA Ames, the SETI Institute, and a couple of large aerospace companies). If someone who is involved with the work (or closely associated with them) has a prepared song-and-dance for scientists and engineers, I think it would be worth getting the people out here educated. Some of my local AIAA cohorts have expressed interest, and can help make contacts.