The team has turned in its final report, and it’s been double-checked by a peer-review panel, Nebel told me today. Although he couldn’t go into the details, he said the verdict was positive.
“There’s nothing in there that suggests this will not work,” Nebel said. “That’s a very different statement from saying that it will work.”
And if you don’t know who Dr Nebel is, you haven’t been following this matter.



[...] So, if they get the financing the Bussard team are looking at another eighteen months of testing and experimentation on the next rig. [...]