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nsxwolf
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US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved
What’s the difference between "ignition" and every other “fusion achieved“ news story I’ve seen in the last 40 years?
This has the feel of those “water discovered on Mars for the first time ever” headlines.
omnicognate
on Dec 14, 2022
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Well, for one thing achieving it is the purpose for which the "National Ignition Facility" was created. It's right there in the name. They're justified in having a bit of a party about it.
93po
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My laymen understanding is that this is showing the first net-positive energy fusion, which has always been the biggest roadblock.
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This has the feel of those “water discovered on Mars for the first time ever” headlines.