"Although we're not producing megawatts..." -.-
Ogre!!!!!
The problem they can't solve is that fusion irradiates the **** out of the vessel.
The fact that we could fly to the moon and back 50 years ago and can't figure this out yet...
Makes me wonder if they really want it to happen.
When it does happen, the world will be changed in such a way that it’ll be unfathomable.
Agreed.
Very interesting to see the start-ups taking different approaches to the fusion problem but still having some success. Success without the budget and talent pooled together on the huge government projects too which is more impressive.
I think the fusion problem being tackled by the government and private sector is the key to the solution though. More nerds the better.
The fact that we could fly to the moon and back 50 years ago and can't figure this out yet...
Makes me wonder if they really want it to happen.
The smartest guy I know has been consulting on a Fusion project for a couple years now. Since the project requires more super-conducting wire than exists on earth, they created a spin-off company just to produce that wire. It's in a tape like form that is wrapped around tubes of liquid nitrogen to keep it cool enough to be a super-conductor. If he's working on it, it's probably getting figured out at some pace. The wire is needed for the immense electro magnets required for the project.
Going to the moon is childs play compared to the problem of fusion, building a viable reactor and all its ancillary components etc…The fact that we could fly to the moon and back 50 years ago and can't figure this out yet...
Makes me wonder if they really want it to happen.
What's so hard about this???
Just invent it and move on to figuring out warp speed.