• 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • (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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    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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    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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  • The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd ed.). Blackwell. p. 4207. Bussard, Katherine (2006). "Museums: United States". In Warren, Lynne (ed.). Encyclopedia...
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  • by Larry Niven, Earth uses constant acceleration drives in the form of Bussard ramjets to help colonize the nearest planetary systems. In the non-known...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Woodward, W. Todd (ed.). Cartridges of the World (14th ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 549. ISBN 978-1-4402-4265-6. Bussard, Michael (2010)...
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