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Submission description:
| NAME | ID | TITLE |
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| Tom Ligon | 576 | Inertial Electrodynamic Fusion for Space Propulsion |
| ABSTRACT |
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| Dr. R. W. Bussard, of the Energy/Matter Conversion Corporation, released a
paper entitled “The Advent of Clean Nuclear Fusion: Superperformance Space
Power and Propulsion” at the 57th International Astronautical Congress in
Valencia, Spain, October 2-6, 2006. The EMC2 device derives from earlier
Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) devices pioneered by P. T. Farnsworth
and R. L. Hirsch in the 1960’s, but overcomes the inherent losses in the
earlier machines by utilizing a quasi-spherical magnetic method of dynamically
confining electrons to produce an electrodynamic potential well. A device
called WB-6 successfully demonstrated a high rate of fusion in November 2005,
and Dr. Bussard believes the device can be scaled up to a size that will
operate at over 100 MW. Furthermore, the technology should be capable of
utilizing p-B11 fuel. Tom Ligon, a former employee of EMC2, will discuss the
program, its stunning implications for space travel, and what steps we need to
take to make it a reality. |
Timestamps and submitted papers:
| ID | DATE_ABSTRACT | DATE_ACCEPTED | DATE_PAPER | PAPER | DATE_SLIDE | SLIDE | DATE_PPT | PPT |
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| 576 | 2006-12-21 22:56:53 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | 2007-05-20 21:34:14 |  |