Dr. Robert W. Bussard, RIP

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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BUSSARD

Dr. Robert W. Bussard died at his home in Santa Fe, NM on October 6th.
Inventor, entrepreneur and author, he was the originator of the
Interstellar Ramjet as known on Star Trek as the Bussard Collector. A
fixture in Science Fiction literature, the Ramjet continues to be the only
method known with the possible capability to propel humankind to the stars.
Dr. Bussard was also instrumental in developing the nuclear rocket program
at Los Alamos National Lab in the 1950s and 60s. At his death, Dr. Bussard
was the President and CEO of Energy Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2), a
company he co-founded with his wife Dolly H. Gray, to pursue his unique and
patented concept to develop practical fusion power. The project will
continue. He was a Fellow of both the International Academy of Astronautics
and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of
the Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. Dr. Bussard loved sailing and captained
his sailboat Uproarious twice in the Trans-Pacific Yacht Race as one of the
oldest people ever to do so. A man of great intellect and vision, Dr.
Bussard by example, influenced many people around the world and has left a
peerless legacy. He is survived by his wife, four children and five
grandchildren. The family has requested that those who wish to, make a
donation in his memory to the Red Cloud Indian School. Pace, Doc.

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