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People Make Progress
Meet the network of scientists and explorers behind MQN Collaboration
Who We Are

MQN Collaboration is a virtual collective of scientists, explorers, and volunteers focusing on Magnetized Quark Nugget (MQN) Dark Matter.

MQN Collaboration is an endeavor of VanDevender Enterprises, LLC.

Vision 

Improve the chances for sustainable life on Earth.

Mission 

Develop an economically advantageous and environmentally sustainable fusion energy system for terrestrial and space power and for interplanetary propulsion.

Problem
  • Scientific – Dark matter has yet to be explained within or without the Standard Model of Particle Physics.

  • Application – Earth needs more sustainable, economically advantageous, and carbon-neutral sources of energy. Mitigating the ultimate catastrophe – another extinction-level asteroid impact – requires more capable propulsion for spacecraft.
    Approach
    • Theoretical – MQNs meet theoretical requirements for dark matter. MQNs are consistent with the Standard Model which can guide experimental tests for, and applications of, MQN dark matter.

    • Observational/Experimental – Non-meteorite impact craters and associated phenomena are consistent with MQN impacts. Proposed experiments to detect radio frequency emissions from MQNs transiting the magnetosphere should allow a systematic test of MQN dark matter.

    • Applied – The magnetism of quark nuggets could be the key to an economically advantageous fusion reactor. In addition, MQN fusion 1) has no long-lived radioactive waste, 2) has minuscule amounts of fuel in the reactor at a time, and 3) automatically shuts down if there is any off-normal event.  Therefore, it would be safer than nuclear fission power plants. Finally, MQN confined fusion could be the driver to propel interplanetary spacecraft for human exploration and colonization.
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      People Make Progress
      Meet the network of scientists and explorers behind MQN Collaboration
      Who We Are

      MQN Collaboration is a virtual collective of scientists, explorers, and volunteers focusing on Magnetized Quark Nugget (MQN) Dark Matter.

      MQN Collaboration is an endeavor of VanDevender Enterprises, LLC.

      Vision 

      Improve the chances for sustainable life on Earth.

      Mission 

      Develop an economically advantageous and environmentally sustainable fusion energy system for terrestrial and space power and for interplanetary propulsion.

      Problem
      • Scientific – Dark matter has yet to be explained within or without the Standard Model of Particle Physics.

      • Application – Earth needs more sustainable, economically advantageous, and carbon-neutral sources of energy. Mitigating the ultimate catastrophe – another extinction-level asteroid impact – requires more capable propulsion for spacecraft.
        Approach
        • Theoretical – MQNs meet theoretical requirements for dark matter. MQNs are consistent with the Standard Model which can guide experimental tests for, and applications of, MQN dark matter.

        • Observational/Experimental – Non-meteorite impact craters and associated phenomena are consistent with MQN impacts. Proposed experiments to detect radio frequency emissions from MQNs transiting the magnetosphere should allow a systematic test of MQN dark matter.

        • Applied – The magnetism of quark nuggets could be the key to an economically advantageous fusion reactor. In addition, MQN fusion 1) has no long-lived radioactive waste, 2) has minuscule amounts of fuel in the reactor at a time, and 3) automatically shuts down if there is any off-normal event.  Therefore, it would be safer than nuclear fission power plants. Finally, MQN confined fusion could be the driver to propel interplanetary spacecraft for human exploration and colonization.
          Who We Are

          MQN Collaboration is a virtual collective of scientists, explorers, and volunteers focusing on Magnetized Quark Nugget (MQN) Dark Matter.

          MQN Collaboration is an endeavor of VanDevender Enterprises, LLC.

          Vision 

          Improve the chances for sustainable  life on Earth.

          Mission 
          Develop an economically advantageous and environmentally sustainable fusion energy system for terrestrial and space power and for interplanetary propulsion.
          Problem
          • Scientific – Dark matter has yet to be explained within or without the Standard Model of Particle Physics.

          • Application – Earth needs more sustainable, economically advantageous, and carbon-neutral sources of energy. Mitigating the ultimate catastrophe – another extinction-level asteroid impact – requires more capable propulsion for spacecraft.
            Approach
            • Theoretical – MQNs meet theoretical requirements for dark matter. MQNs are consistent with the Standard Model which can guide experimental tests for, and applications of, MQN dark matter.

            • Observational/Experimental – Non-meteorite impact craters and associated phenomena are consistent with MQN impacts. Proposed experiments to detect radio frequency emissions from MQNs transiting the magnetosphere should allow a systematic test of MQN dark matter.

            • Applied – The magnetism of quark nuggets could be the key to an economically advantageous fusion reactor. In addition, MQN fusion 1) has no long-lived radioactive waste, 2) has minuscule amounts of fuel in the reactor at a time, and 3) automatically shuts down if there is any off-normal event.  Therefore, it would be safer than nuclear fission power plants. Finally, MQN confined fusion could be the driver to propel interplanetary spacecraft for human exploration and colonization.
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              People Make Progress
              Meet the network of scientists and explorers behind MQN Collaboration