Google fusion talk - Dr. Bussard

[David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>]

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From: "Joe Pistritto" <jcp () jcphome com>
Date: February 3, 2008 5:16:54 AM EST
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: Google fusion talk - Dr. Bussard

I dont know if this has been covered on your list, but this Goggle  
Talk was recently forwarded to me by a friend on the east coast. (I  
did see a "cold fusion" set of notes back in early 2006 in my file of  
IP-List, but thats different work as far as i can tell.)

Its about Inertial confinement Electric Fusion.  The inventor is Dr.  
James Bussard, inventor of the Bussard Interstellar Ramjet (which  
despite the name, was acutally a serious paper written in 1974).    
Anyway, he's moved on (and died late last year actually).  However the  
work is pretty interesting.

The video is 90 minutes long and I found it fascinating to watch.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606

This doesnt *look* that expensive to pursue as serious science.  (Way  
cheaper than many things currently funded anyway, and potentially,  
high payoff).  But I only was a physics major for a couple of years,  
so there's probably more to it than meets the eye.

Best wishes,
   -jcp-


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