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Comment by readthenotes1

4 months ago

A relative of mine told me that in 1960s they were saying fusion was only 10 years away

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zamadatix  4 months ago

From people hearing about fission bombs (1945) to full scale commercial fission power plant (1957) was barely more than 10 years so fusion power plants must have already felt late in the mid 60s!

Cthulhu_  4 months ago

It was an era of optimism, I see.

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