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Scott Beach

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Plasma Reactors and Energy for the Settlement of Mars

The members of the "SAFIRE Project" have build a "plasma reactor" that simulates "the atmosphere of the sun in a laboratory on Earth".  They claim that their plasma reactor can produce about 14 times more energy than is needed to operate the reactor.  If the plasma reactor can be commercialized then the cost of electricity will be greatly reduced.  And then it will be much easier to build permanent human settlements on Mars.

The SAFIRE development team included Montgomery Childs, Michael Clarage, Ph.D, and many others.
Montgomery Childs was the principal scientist and chief engineer of the SAFIRE Project.
https://www.safireproject.com/about-us/team.html

For more information, see...
The SAFIRE Project - The SAFIRE Plasma Reactor
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ … ject+2022+

There have been numerous claims for devices that produce "excess energy" by "cold fusion" and other nuclear processes.  I hope that SAFIRE is the real deal.

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Scott Beach

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Re: Plasma Reactors and Energy for the Settlement of Mars

"THE WALKTHROUGH"

This video is about Aureon Energy's new laboratory and production facility in Canada.

https://vimeo.com/900630922

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Calliban

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Re: Plasma Reactors and Energy for the Settlement of Mars

I struggled to find information on what this company is actually building and how it works.  It appears to be based on the fusor, which is electrostatic confinement.  But they also talk about using electric currents within the plasma to contain the plasma.  That would be really brilliant if it worked.  But self-contained plasmas are vulnerable to instability, as the current tends to pinch the plasma, resulting in sausage instability.  The old Zeta project was killed off by this problem.  I don't really have enough information to evaluate what this company is proposing.  But a compact, high power-density fusion reactor, would be enormously valuable for a Mars colonisation programme and more besides.  I cannot say whether this particular concept is promissing or not.  The fact that they aren't upfront with how their device works does make me sceptical.

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Scott Beach

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Re: Plasma Reactors and Energy for the Settlement of Mars

Calliban:

The folks of Aureon are still doing research and filing patent applications.  So much of what they are doing is "secret".

They have been testing plasma laced with various thorium molecules.  The addition of some of the thorium molecules have given them exceptionally energetic results.  They will probably file many more patents before they tell us the whole story.  So be patient.

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Re: Plasma Reactors and Energy for the Settlement of Mars

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