I had dinner with him in 1982. He had a rep as a maverick, creative genius, and a bit of a huckster. He always seemed to be trying to parlay political contacts and campaign contributions into govt. funding. He’s just the kind of arrogant, contankerous contractor who loses his funding and then complains that the federal weenies are trying to suppress his breakthrough technology. That said, I think his approach to fusion should be thoroughly investigated. There may be a pony in that pile somewhere. BTW, I was the guy who proposed building a mini-Orion ship propelled by Californium bombs. The AF liked antimatter propulsion better.
As in Steve Jobs, Edison and P.T. Barnum all rolled into one?
He always seemed to be trying to parlay political contacts and campaign contributions into govt. funding
If you want to play their game, you play by their rules.......