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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6923)1/16/2008 9:48:32 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 24226
 
habitablezone.com

"We got first plasma yesterday," Nebel said - but he and
his colleagues in Santa Fe, N.M., still have a long way to
get the WB-7 experiment up to the power levels Bussard
was working with. This work is very important because we could have
commercial fusion in as little as 5 years if the work is
successful. Success would also transform space travel
(40 to 1000 times cheaper to get into space).

dailykos.com

The initial analysis showed that Bussard's data on energy yields were consistent with expectations, Nebel said.