The documentation associated with the theories for CrossFire Fusor spaceship.
'Wild card' energy technology may prove to be humanity's 'game-changer' if nuclear scientists can accomplish small-scale fusion 'star in a jar' during the first half of the 21st Century enabling high energy fusion reactors to be deployed for robotic and human spacecraft [video] and Earth-based electric grids.
The late Dr. Robert W. Bussard (2007 audio interview w/Thomas A. Ligon Jr.) was among the strongest advocates of the Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Polywell with the ongoing research now being funded by the US Navy at the rate of $10-million this year. Bussard appeared on GoogleTalks prior to his death and stirred great interest [PDF].
Meanwhile, the US Navy hopes to use IEC Fusion initially on ships. The Navy tests should be complete in less than two years to validate initial results for energy applications most likely to be highly classified. Two noted physicists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rick Nebel and Jaeyoung Park are among the physics community that may seize the Polywell IEC fusion energy helm with promise.
University of Illinois Professor George H. Miley is yet another leading American pursuing IEC Fusion research. Miley and Dr. Bill Gough have discussed the Fusion Torch on YouTube videos one and two. In addition to Miley's ongoing research work into IEC fusion, the President of the Focus Fusion Society, Dr. Eric J. Lerner, has also been engaged in the research at Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc. and has discussed the work at GoogleTalks in late 2007.
The estimated timeline for IEC fusion energy development is between 10-to-20 years for commercial utilization based upon the experts. But there have been may hopes dashed in fusion research over the past two decades as noted in a BBC 4 Horizon documentary film [best viewed Full Screen].
Many now have faith that it is a matter of "when" rather than "if" fusion power becomes a commercial reality with a safe 'star in a jar' or 'sun in a bottle' that will be the ultimate breakthrough for mankind on Earth and the human adventure into the stars by 2050. The low-level federal investment in fusion energy as Alt. Energy may yield supreme results or just another Cold Fusion-like flop. Bottomline: humanity must learn atomic fusion to solve many problems.
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