Fantastic news on the Fusion Front
The U.S. Navy just extended its funding for preliminary studies of the Bussard Wiffleball 7
From the
Office of the Federal Business Opportunities:
A--Plasma Wiffleball
Solicitation Number: N6893609R0024
Agency: Department of the Navy
Office: Naval Air Systems Command
The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake intends to procure on sole-sourced basis, a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract for modification and testing of plasma wiffleball 7. The requirement is sole sourced to Energy /Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2) who is the original developer of wiffleball 7 and holds the proprietary data rights. The address for EMC2 is 1202 Parkway Dr, STE A, Santa Fe, NM 87507-7253.
Hat tip to
M. Simon for the link.
EMC2 website is
here.
These are the people that will pull off commercial fusion power generation if anyone will. The "big science" projects like ITER are overly complex.
Posted by DaveH at January 12, 2009 9:34 PM