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Bussard, Whiffle ball, WB-1 to WB-6 images discussion
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 1:31 am
by Richard Hull
One of the last Doc' Bussard talks with images of his work at San Diego. Incredible details for a starved observer hungry for data and real results. Rare, never seen images and photos. Bussard at his best. He is trying to restart the effort talking before investor types. 2006 was the end of it all.
Got an hour to absorb stuff at a technical level?
http://aresinstitute.org/videos/
Richard Hull
Re: Bussard, Whiffle ball, WB-1 to WB-6 images discussion
Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 9:03 pm
by Bob Reite
I remember following that back in the day. Nothing went past the WB-6 prototype as I recall.
Double check the link spelling. I get "This Account has been Suspended" with an email link to
webmeaster@aresinstitute.org
Re: Bussard, Whiffle ball, WB-1 to WB-6 images discussion
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 12:09 am
by Richard Hull
I tapped on the link I gave and it went straight to the video. You might try the root address and once there go to the videos.
Richard Hull
Re: Bussard, Whiffle ball, WB-1 to WB-6 images discussion
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 3:53 pm
by Peter Schmelcher
Thanks, enjoyed all three videos but I could not find the conference paper Bussard mentioned in the first video. Instead, I found a 2018 paper with simulations etc. Plus, I found notes for a 2013 IEC conference presentation.
-Peter
Re: Bussard, Whiffle ball, WB-1 to WB-6 images discussion
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 5:53 pm
by Richard Hull
I loved the way on successive WB# failures, Bussard would say "well we hadn't figured on that, but of course we should have, it was obvious." This was like saying we did the experiment, it failed, but we learned something that should have been obvious to us. Great catch! I gotta' use that next time I screwup! LOL.
Richard Hull
Re: Bussard, Whiffle ball, WB-1 to WB-6 images discussion
Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 1:59 pm
by Bob Reite
Followup: This time the link worked.