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		notthegov on April 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Pentagon Ends Contract, Top-Secret Scientist... Perhaps but the JASON Group is the most famous group of top secret scientists. Half of their studies are classified but here's some that aren't- https://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason JASON was founded as Project 137 by John Archibald Wheeler and others. It was only publicly confirmed to exist after the Pentagon Papers mentioned them.

pontifier on April 26, 2019 [–]

Thanks, I'm particularly interested in their evaluation of low cost Fusion concepts. I really wish I could get some funding to build my prototype reactor.

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