Mainstream fusion research

Open magnetic field configurations

Plasma confinement configurations where magnetic field lines escape from the confinement zone without intercepting walls, enabling both direct propulsion and direct energy conversion

Scientists / Papers

Paul Czysz and Claudio Bruno, 'Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems' (Appendix B)

Theories Citing This Reference (12)

Arcane Technology Tesla Ether

Arcane technology Tesla ether DOE Oakridge working fusion reactor 4 foot high power power tubes Lang silicon microchips solid state forgotten researched 70

Clean Energy Environmental Benefits

Clean energy benefits greenhouse gases smog acid rain thermal pollution nuclear waste water shortages reverse osmosis

Cold Fusion Microfysics

Cold fusion microfysics little fusion reactions occur level interest power world scale anywhere

Cusp Confinement Scaling

Cusp confinement scaling one square magnetic field hole smaller whiffle ball effect metamaterial magnetic insulation

Exotic Vacuum Object Plasma Orbs

Suggests that self-contained plasma structures using electromagnetic fields for confinement could exist as permanent stable fusion reactors

Faster Than Light Travel Communication

Claims ships can travel hundreds of times faster than light without time dilation and communication faster than light already exists.

Funding Downselect Impact on Public Research Paths

Posits that 1980s Department of Energy budgeting choices shifted research focus away from non-tokamak fusion approaches with consequences for funding distribution.

Fusion Propulsion Space Travel

Space engines thousand times better single stage Mars four weeks H to LEO 25 per kilogram 76 days Titan

IEC Inertial Electrostatic Fusion

Ion acceleration electron injection negative potential well maintained polyhedral magnetic field non Maxwellian energy distribution electricity grand unifier high power weight ratios

Magnetic Mirror Plasma Confinement With Open Field Lines

Using stronger magnets at reactor ends to create magnetic mirror effect that reflects most particles back into the core while allowing controlled axial exhaust

Magnetic Reconnection Plasmoids

Magnetic reconnection solar flares magnetic substorms plasmoids energy stored magnetic field channeled particle acceleration heating

MH370 Orbs as Fusion Reactors

Proposes that orbs seen in MH370 videos are controlled fusion reactors using spinning for stabilization with distinctive heat signatures