On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:31:49 -0400, Joe Gwinn
wrote:

In article , Bob La Londe
wrote:

"Joe Gwinn" wrote in message
...
We have been seeing little detail-free teasers that Lockheed-Martin's
Skunk Works had come up with a new approach to hydrogen fusion.

The article came in the 15 October 2014 issue of Aviation Week, on page
42.

.http://aviationweek.com/technology/s...ompact-fusion-
reactor-details

The innovation is in how the hydrogen plasma is confined. Everything
else is standard, as such things go in that field.

While the described approach seems plausible, we will soon know - the
entire fusion community will scrub this with wire brushes.

Joe Gwinn

It occurs to me Skunk Works is probably stalled, and they are hoping that
somebody who tears them up will also reveal something they can use to get
going again. It could be very much why they are now revealing so much of
their basic premise.

Well, if they stalled after only a 10:1 improvement, that's not really
a problem. Or rather, we'd all like to have such problems.

"Potential 10:1 improvement IF we can get the bloody thing to work..."


Anyway, my plan is to wait for the next shoe to drop.

They're usually quite large and heavy. I hope it drops, though. I'd
truly love to see fusion (and the resultant near free utilities) in my
lifetime. Right, not holding my breath.

--
A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if
one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.
-- Louis L'Amour