For anyone not familiar with the Aerospace Corporation http://www.aerospace.org/about-us/history/
… they are the crème-de-la-crème of official Pentagon R&D insofar as aerospace in general, is concerned. I doubt that it is any accident that Garwin appears early-on. It would surprise no one to learn that he was involved from day1 as a Jason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JASON_(advisory_group) His reservations are there for a reason. This is not just a good sign for the future of LENR… it is fabulous. Had there been doubt, it would not have seen the light of day. …despite the very low COP. The thoroughness of Beiting means that the gain is rock solid, even if lower than we want it to be. Maybe the field can shed the stench of Rossi now and move on. Jones From: Bob Higgins I asked Beiting about the addition of SmCo magnets. SmCo was chosen for its higher curie temp. The magnets began as charged SmCo disks and were crushed into apparently 1-2 mm fragments for inclusion with the fuel. Enhancement of the LENR by magnetic field when using light hydrogen (as he used) is a surprise. It could have been the Sm or Co instead of the magnetic field - he did not have an experiment with un-charged SmCo material for comparison. A wonderful replication report. Jed Rothwell wrote: Richard Garwin of the Jasons was brought in to evaluate the experiment. He said there is a problem because it uses K-type thermocouples which are susceptible to errors from exposure to hydrogen. Beiting pointed out three problems with this hypothesis: 1. The thermocouples were shielded. 2. The damage only happens at ~600°C and these cells were run at 300°C. 3. The damage causes the thermocouples to show a lower temperature. If would reduce the estimate of excess heat, not increase it. Garwin is grasping at straws, trying to find an excuse to dismiss the results. He said the first thing that popped into his head, which could not have happened and would have had the opposite effect if it could. Soon after cold fusion began, Garwin was called in to evaluate SRI. The gist of his report was: "I could not find an error but I am sure something must be wrong."
