Dr. Robert W. Bussard Has Passed

M. Simon on his blog site states that Tom Ligon who worked for Dr.
Bussard has informed him that Dr. Bussard has died.

You can read more about Dr. Bussard on M. Simon's blog. Thanks to Larry
Klaes for the alert.
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/10/dr-robert-w-bussard-has-passed.html

So far this is the main reference to Dr. Bussard's passing.
Maybe some of you have more information but wanted to pass this along now.
I am sure the news will have it soon.
- LRK -

Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

Larry Kellogg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard
Robert W. Bussard (1928-2007) was an American physicist working
primarily in nuclear fusion energy research. He is the recipient of the
Schreiber-Spence Achievement Award for STAIF-2004.[1] He is also a
fellow of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Dr. Bussard passed away on October 6, 2007.[2] His work will continue as
funding was arranged and received on August 21, 2007 and he was able to
create a staff of physicists to continue.
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1 - STAIF-2004 Archives
<http://www.unm.edu/%7Eisnps/staifarchives/staif2004.html>
2 - M. Simon (2007-10-08)
<http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2007/10/dr_robert_w_bus.html>.
Dr. Robert W. Bussard Has Passed. Classical Values. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.

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http://www.rexresearch.com/bussard/bussard.htm
Robert W. BUSSARD
Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606
Should Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really)
Google engEDU
1 hr 32 min 37 sec - Nov 9, 2006
www.google.com
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http://newenergyandfuel.com/
Details On Dr. Robert W. Bussard Passing Away
October 9, 2007

Through the grief of those closest to Dr Bussard some details are coming
out. Dr. Bussard was a cancer victim of two kinds who was in the last
weeks enduring radiation and chemotherapy for the disease.

Reports are he worked continuously while in treatment and assembled a
good team to continue the research and development of the IEC fusion
method he has been developing from funding provided by the US Department
of Defense.

When funding for the research resumed Dr. Bussard attracted a friend who
is a PhD plasma physicist recently working at Los Alamos and a PhD whose
experience is in experimentation. Some staff from the previous lab in
San Diego are on their way to join the team.

Dr. Bussard's friends assert that he did everything he could to ensure
that the work on IEC fusion will continue.

This morning M. Simon at Power and Control Blogspot posted an excellent
eulogy that contains a brief list of some of Dr, Bussard�s most
noteworthy work and a strong link list. See:

http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/10/dr-robert-w-bussard-has-passed.html

Of note, Dr. Bussard was a trained engineer and added physics expertise
as working requirements demanded until he became the preeminent magnetic
confinement physicist/engineer in the field. Dr. Bussard gained famed in
his youth for his design of the Bussard Collector that is often referred
to in futuristic science stories.

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Bussard's fusion concept - a presentation at the 2007 ISDC - coming up.

Larry Klaes posted the link for a presentation about Bussard's fusion
concept.
We have mentioned both the 2007 ISDC (International Space Development
Conference <http://isdc.nss.org/2007/>)
coming up May 25-28, 2007 and Bussard's fusion concept
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard>.

You might just be interested in seeing what some of the scheduled tracks
are about at the 2007 ISDC.
ISDC2007 View Tracks
<http://isdc2.xisp.net/%7Ekmiller/isdc_archive/isdc.php?link=trackViewForm>

The presentation for Bussard's fusion concept will be in Track 01,The
Transport Frontier.
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001 The Transport Frontier - to space - in space - from space
<http://isdc2.xisp.net/%7Ekmiller/isdc_archive/isdc.php?link=trackSelect&track_id=80>

Explores the principles and practice of transport in the new frontier.
From suborbital to interstellar, this track is about the means of
traveling to and from the many destinations in space.
Space Transport 101 -- Overview - Orbital Law - Orbital Mechanics &
Navigation
Stage 1- Suborbital & Earth to Orbit - Terrestrial Facilities -
Orbital Facilities - Space Tourism Transport
Stage 2- Trans-LEO - Cislunar & Lunar surface - Fuel Depots
Stage 3- Out to Mars & Aldrin Cyclers - Space Elevators - Solar Sails
- Nuclear Rockets - Key to the Solar System - Interstellar Flight
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Tom Ligon
<http://isdc2.xisp.net/%7Ekmiller/isdc_archive/isdc.php?link=personSelect&person_id=516>
will be giving the talk.
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Tom Ligon is a former employee of Robert Bussard's Energy Matter
Conversion Corporation, and now works for Athena Controls. Mr. Ligon
holds two BS degrees from Virginia Tech, and is a frequent contributor
to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. His article "The World's Simplest
Fusion Reactor", published in Analog in 1998, won an Analab award.
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This is a copy of the ABSTRACT:
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Dr. R. W. Bussard, of the Energy/Matter Conversion Corporation, released
a paper entitled �The Advent of Clean Nuclear Fusion: Superperformance
Space Power and Propulsion� at the 57th International Astronautical
Congress in Valencia, Spain, October 2-6, 2006. The EMC2 device derives
from earlier Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) devices pioneered
by P. T. Farnsworth and R. L. Hirsch in the 1960�s, but overcomes the
inherent losses in the earlier machines by utilizing a quasi-spherical
magnetic method of dynamically confining electrons to produce an
electrodynamic potential well. A device called WB-6 successfully
demonstrated a high rate of fusion in November 2005, and Dr. Bussard
believes the device can be scaled up to a size that will operate at over
100 MW. Furthermore, the technology should be capable of utilizing p-B11
fuel. Tom Ligon, a former employee of EMC2, will discuss the program,
its stunning implications for space travel, and what steps we need to
take to make it a reality.
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Here is the link to the Power Point file.
http://isdc2.xisp.net/~kmiller/isdc_archive/fileDownload.php/?link=fileSelect&file_id=422 


Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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A note from Larry Klaes informs us that:
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A presentation on Bussard�s fusion concept at the 2007
International Space Development conference is online
here:

http://isdc2.xisp.net/~kmiller/isdc_archive/isdc.php?link=submissionSelect&submission_id=576 


Look for the link button near the bottom under PPT at the
bottom right of the Web page.

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ISDC 2007 *Confirmed Featured Speakers and Guests
*http://isdc.nss.org/2007/speakers.html*

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/main/index.html
*Why Explore Space?*

"Today," writes NASA Administrator Mike Griffin, "NASA is moving forward
with a new focus for the manned space program: to go out beyond Earth
orbit for purposes of human exploration and scientific discovery."
Administrator Griffin makes the case for completing the International
Space Station, "the most complex construction feat ever undertaken," as
a stepping stone to future exploration.

"Using the space station and building an outpost on the moon to prepare
for the trip to Mars are critical milestones in America's quest to
become a truly spacefaring nation," Griffin writes. "I think that we
should want that. I want that. I want it for the American people, for my
grandchildren, for my great-grandchildren."
+ Read More
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/main/griffin_why_explore.html>
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