Robert Bussard

Developed concept for autronic fusion ramjet for interstellar travel using hydrogen in space

Speaker in the lecture footage on proton-boron (PB11) fusion: says the Navy funded the work below the political radar because a visible $200 million program would let the DOE shut it down, and that the engines could reach Mars in four weeks and Titan in 76 days.

Referenced regarding Google Talk on fusion efficiency and the impracticality of small reactors below critical mass.

Eleven year publication embargo DT helium 3 fusion Navy work PB11 electric ships WB7 WB8 metamaterials

Patent polyhedral configuration WB2 plasma orbs 1994 whiffle ball WB6 record beta one electrons relativistic MPG

1960 interstellar ramjet concept Oak Ridge National Laboratory Los Alamos Project Rover assistant director Atomic Energy Commission fusion division Robert Hirsch tokamak criticism Polywell fusion device magnetic cusp fields virtual cathode high beta effect

Proton boron 11 fusion radiation free tokamak right hand rule ITER cost spherical electric field 1 over r squared stars spherical fusion

Spherical convergence Langmuir Blodgett Elmore Tuck Watson inertial electrostatic confinement Thomas Thompson Brown grid Hirsch Farnsworth magnetic field whiffle ball central virtual anode quasi sphere Maxwellian MH370 mirror cusp confinement

Known for the Polywell fusion reactor concept; mentioned in relation to electrostatic confinement.

Involved in the development of the tokamak

Inventor of the Polywell fusion reactor.

Mentioned alongside Williams as working on advanced weapons research.

Mentioned regarding polywells and dense electron balls.

Known for the Ramjet concept and inertial electrostatic confinement, linked to the orbs' fusion mechanism.

Known for fusion research; mentioned in Forbes's book as a collaborator.

Conceived of the fusion-propelled interstellar ramjet (Bussard Ramjet); referenced in Froning’s book.

Known for advocating inertial electrostatic confinement (Fusor) and criticizing tokamaks.

Cited for QED engine systems and direct electric fusion powered rocket propulsion.

Referenced in relation to the Bussard Reactor, which shares design similarities with the fusion device discussed.

Pioneer of inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, referenced in modern fusion lineage.

Worked on inertial electrostatic confinement fusion.

Co-author of the paper; known for work on inertial electrostatic confinement and fusion.

Mentioned for his work on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusion.

IEC fusion revived revised co-workers 1989 1997 2000 Froning co-authoring papers IEC fusion power device proton boron11 fusion proton lithium6 helium3 lithium6 National Aerospace Plane Program Paul Czysz collaborated hypersonic vehicles

Cited for proposing an aneutronic fusion electric spacecraft power system, which is suggested as the power source for the wormhole technology.

Referenced for his work on high-beta fusion reactors and inertial electrostatic confinement, linked to the engineering of plasma orbs.

Co-author of the fusion electric propulsion paper.

Mentioned by the speaker as the originator of the idea to create a negative potential (virtual anode/cathode) in the middle of a reactor.