Chesley Bonestell, “The Exploration of Mars” (1953), oil on board, 143/8 x 28 inches, gift of William Estler, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC.

New Focus on Fusion

November 3, 2015

10/29/15 – A number of young companies are working to fulfill the promise of nuclear fusion, believing that they can succeed where government has fallen short. In Issues, the researcher who once headed the U.S. fusion program has indeed argued that the current approach being pursued jointly by several nations is a technological dead end, and he laid out lessons from the experience that should guide others pursuing alternative routes.