Reply To: DREAD Weapon System: Devastating, Jam proof, silent

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asymmertic_implosion – 08 November 2011 09:02 AM
I agree that no issue I mentioned is insurmountable, but it takes time, money and most importantly, data. Data on fusion systems with gain is in short supply at the moment.

I presume you’ve reviewed the monthly reports from LPP, found on the same page I directed you to before, or on their website. The reports over the years have shown the difficulties that are being faced as well as the progress made along the way. There is an array of diagnostic tools being employed to quantify and qualify the results. All this takes time, money and expertise to enable. The funding of the research is vital to keep receiving the data to help guide the way toward future improvements. It’s not only hard data that drives the future, it’s also our ability to make the project known and appreciated. This is a task that can be taken on by those of us with no technical background as well as from the scientific community.

There have been many efforts described in these blogs, a lot of input with creative ideas from marketing to legislative to technical. This needs to continue for the ongoing quest for funding as well as convincing the public that this is a different animal from the mainstream power sources, which even has the possibility of uses beyond power generation, such as space exploration or diagnostic tools for metal fabrication and even homeland security. The efforts by the community of bloggers on this site isn’t over zealous and has paid off with increased funding, which has brought us more positive data. You have to start from somewhere. The beauty of the DPF concept is it’s relative simplicity compared to other designs. If it can be made to produce net energy in something close to it’s current form, it would be much easier to commercialize and to persuade regulators to accept than some of the other concepts. Perhaps it will require some other features as yet undiscovered to work, but we need to keep trying out ideas. It could something simple like employing sound waves, radio waves, microwaves or a sprinkling of boron nano particles (pixie dust!) to seed the plasmoid. But keeping it simple and attainable is an asset. These are just ideas from a non-technical person, who knows what you people from advanced scientific backgrounds can think up? Bring it on, make it work and then make it happen! In any case the world needs fusion…