Robert W. Bussard (August 11, 1928 – October 6, 2007) was an American physicist who worked primarily in nuclear fusion energy research. He was the recipient...
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needed] The Bussard ramjet was proposed in 1960 by the physicist Robert W. Bussard. The concept was popularized by Poul Anderson in his novel Tau Zero...
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(1936–2022), American collector of 78-rpm records Ray Bussard (1928–2010), swimming coach Robert W. Bussard (1928–2007), American physicist Boussard, surname...
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fusor-based neutron generator. From 2006 until his death in 2007, Robert W. Bussard gave talks on a reactor similar in design to the fusor, now called...
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EMC2-1291-02. Bussard, Robert W. (19 February 1991). Collisional Equilibration (PDF) (Technical report). EMC2-DARPA. EMC2-0890-03. Bussard, Robert W. (19 February...
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under development in the 2020s Bussard ramjet, a conceptual interstellar fusion ramjet named after Robert W. Bussard. Fission fragment rocket Fission...
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Fusion". Popular Science. Retrieved 2019-08-03. US patent 5,160,695, Robert W. Bussard, "Method and apparatus for creating and controlling nuclear fusion...
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accelerate the reaction mass in electrical rocket engines that Dr. Robert W. Bussard called quiet electric-discharge engines (QEDs). Ligon, Tom (2007-01-05)...
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similar to a biconic cusp except that the poles are reversed. In 1980 Robert W. Bussard developed a cross between a fusor and magnetic mirror, the polywell...
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Energy/Matter Conversion Corporation, Inc., a company founded by Robert W. Bussard to develop fusion power with a device called the Polywell EMC2, the...
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List of aerospace engineers (section W)
(1915–2001) – wind shear expert Adolf Busemann (1901–1986) – swept wing Robert W. Bussard (1928–2007) – designer of nuclear thermal rocket engines Fedor Ivanovich...
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Project Rover (section Bussard report)
deep space exploration, but not yet technically feasible. In 1953, Robert W. Bussard, a physicist working on the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft...
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Riggatron is a magnetic confinement fusion reactor design created by Robert W. Bussard in the late 1970s. It is a tokamak on the basis of its magnetic geometry...
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could theoretically reach 99% the speed of light. In 1960, Robert W. Bussard proposed the Bussard ramjet, a fusion rocket in which a huge scoop would collect...
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space exploration, they were not yet technically feasible. In 1953, Robert W. Bussard, a physicist working on the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft...
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Mirror Experiment in 1981. Polywell fusion was pioneered by the late Robert W. Bussard in 1995 and funded by the US Navy. Polywell uses inertial electrostatic...
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86, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1982–1983). Robert W. Bussard, 79, American physicist, researcher of nuclear fusion, cancer. Jo...
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Rayleigh Robert Thomas Jones (engineer) Robert T. Siegel Robert W. Bower Robert W. Boyd Robert W. Bussard Robert W. Wood Robert Wald Robert Were Fox the...
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interested in changing or improving their situation." According to historian Robert Bussard, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels viewed the lumpenproletariat as: essentially...
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consulting firm, Krall Associates.[citation needed] He consulted with Robert W. Bussard in the late 1980s and early 1990s on Polywell research. Dr. Krall...
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Ramjet (section Bussard ramjet)
gas back to diatomic molecules at orbital speeds to power a ramjet. The Bussard ramjet is a theoretical method of spacecraft propulsion for interstellar...
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inertialess drive,: 75 ion thruster, photon rocket, plasma propulsion engine, Bussard ramjet, R. force, solar sail, spindizzy, and torchship.: 8, 69–77 The...
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Retrieved November 20, 2020. Landry, Robert J. (September 27, 1961). "Marion Davies Dies At 64; Made Star By W.R. Hearst; Noted For Her Kindness". Variety...
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List of art critics (section W)
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd ed.). Blackwell. pp. 4, 207. Bussard, Katherine (2006). "Museums: United States". In Warren, Lynne (ed.). Encyclopedia...
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concept in science fiction literature. In the novel, a spacecraft uses a Bussard ramjet to accelerate to high enough speeds that the crew spends five years...
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After a highly successful swimming career with Tennessee under coach Ray Bussard, Trembley coached the University of Tennessee Volunteers for 23 years from...
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Schichau-class torpedo boat (redirect from SMS Bussard (1886))
the Stabilimento Tecnico di Fiume naval engineering firm in Fiume led by Robert Whitehead. The vessel developed to deliver these weapons was the torpedo...
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equip the Daedalus with a magnetic sail similar to the magnetic scoop on a Bussard ramjet to use the destination star heliosphere as a brake, making carrying...
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List of train songs (section W)
2013-03-05. Yanow, Scott. "Various Artists: Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-09. Erlewine...
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of argon propellant for a 1-year round trip to the Jupiter system. Robert Bussard published a series of technical articles discussing its application...
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