Comment by jojobas
2 days ago
NIF is first and foremost a thermonuclear weapons research facility. The "breakthrough" you're talking about doesn't bring us an inch closer to fusion power.
2 days ago
NIF is first and foremost a thermonuclear weapons research facility. The "breakthrough" you're talking about doesn't bring us an inch closer to fusion power.
I think that a 'breakthrough' would be to realize that harnessing fusion outside of a solar environment is a hopeless dream that, carefully fed, is very good at provoking research grants.