After months in the making, this morning's Wall Street Journal offers a front page story featuring the "amateur fusion" community hosted here at fusor.net:
Many of these hobbyists call themselves "fusioneers," and have formed a loosely knit community that numbers more than 100 world-wide. Getting into their elite "Neutron Club" requires building a tabletop reactor that successfully fuses hydrogen isotopes and glows like a miniature star. Only 42 have qualified; some have T-shirts that read "Fusion -- been there...done that."
Link: Nuclear Ambitions: Amateur Scientists Get a Reaction From Fusion - WSJ.com.
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Posted by: Ji yeong mo | August 18, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Congratulations! Hopefully with the gained exposure additional funding opportunities will present themselves and you can head for break-even!
Posted by: Jeff Earls | August 19, 2008 at 09:31 AM
It is interesting that there are "42" members. A coincidence or just more proof that Douglas Adams was right all along? :P
Bravo on the science. It is good to see the community being lauded for it's work.
John
Ottawa, Canada
Posted by: John Dallas | August 19, 2008 at 01:34 PM