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From Florida, hello from someone working to start a new research laboratory

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Hello everyone, obviously I'm new here. I'm not new to fusor technology though. I work as Executive Director of a non-profit research institute in Florida, near Kennedy Space Center. My route in life to fusion is maybe a bit different from other people.

My first vocation is space exploration. That's why I moved here. I'm also committed to excellence in education, which is why I founded a non-proft, focused on space-related activities, of course.

Eventually, I met an executive of a small aerospace contractor who was, at the time, working on a project to set up a plasma/HE lab here with the fusor as the primary research instrument.

In 2002 we proposed the Spacecoast Plasma & High-energy Electrostatics Laboratory, SphereLab. We were able to attract initial support and researchers from a university and MOU-type backing from an aerospace contractor. Unfortunately, a few months later the space shuttle Columbia accident happened and both backers pulled out. The project was put on hold.

In 2007, our PI was killed in a car accident, making things more difficult.

Then, this year, President Obama proposed puttinbg a lot more money into space-related technology R&D, so I'm now working to revive the project.

Our focus is on developing fusor technology for space power and propulsion. Combined with splar power and ion propulsion, IEC fusion is, theoretically, ideally-suited to in-space applications. This true even without the net positive power production issue being solved, since we're concerned with thrust and the overall efficiency of the IEC-solar hybrid rather than specifically the electrical power generated.

So now that I'm working on this again and trying to get back up speed with the current state-of-the-art, you'll be hearing from me and my questions and ideas. Hopefully I won't sound too "green".

Anyway, that's my introduction. I encourage everyone to check out our website and learn more about us. http://www.aresinstitute.org.
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Re: From Florida, hello from someone working to start a new research laboratory

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Matthew,

Welcome to the forum, you appear to have quite an elaborate web site there..

I agree with you, that fusion powered propulsion is something worth pursuing, I am working on something right now, which I hope will have a use as a propulsion engine.

Please share your progress with us here on the forum, and enjoy reading the older posts.

Steven
http://www.gammaspectacular.com - Gamma Spectrometry Systems
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Sesselmann - Various papers and patents on RG
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Greetings, Matthew,

I actually ran into a reference to Spherelab II via www.aresinstitute.org while looking up STEM education in conjunction with "fusor" just today. I was pleased to see it and wondered if you had posted at fusor.net while I was not looking. And of course you had!

This looks like a potentially highly worthwhile effort.
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