 Bussard believed that the WB-6 machine had demonstrated progress and that no intermediate-scale models would be needed.He noted, "We are probably the only people on the planet who know how to make a real net power clean fusion system" He proposed to rebuild WB-6 more robustly to verify its performance.After publishing the results, he planned to convene a conference of experts in the field in an attempt to get them behind his design.