Bob Bussard Passes at Age 79

摘要

Dr. Robert W. Bussard has passed away at age 79. He was living in Santa Fe, NM, with his wife, Dolly. As director of the newly-formed Fusion Technology Division in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in the early 1970s, reporting to then-head of the U.S. fusion program Bob Hirsch, Bussard played a key role in formulating.and managing an ambitious, comprehensive fusion engineering technology program, as the fusion budget grew over ten-fold from around $30M to over $300M in just a few years. He brought a vision, sense of mission and engineering development perspective to the U.S. fusion program during those growth years.