▲ 637 ▼ Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in (www.newscientist.com) submitted 2 years ago by throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to c/news@lemmy.world 344 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) Still, from an acorn grows a massive tree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 4am@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly. These tests aren’t meant to create a practical solution, but to provide knowledge and insight that a) it is possible and b) exactly what is necessary to make it happen, at a physical level. Before this, it (more out than in) was all theory, but now we’re got some hard data to work with. That’s a big step we’ve been chasing for a long, long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, and a good sign is that the countries with money to invest in the race all seem to be convinced we've got the science right and that the engineering challenges are solvable. There have been so many records broken recently we're getting towards the end of the mile stones, hopefully soon we'll start hearing about self sustaining experiments with records for how long they ran permalink fedilink source parent [–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That, is not an illusion, Master Oogway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly. These tests aren’t meant to create a practical solution, but to provide knowledge and insight that a) it is possible and b) exactly what is necessary to make it happen, at a physical level. Before this, it (more out than in) was all theory, but now we’re got some hard data to work with. That’s a big step we’ve been chasing for a long, long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, and a good sign is that the countries with money to invest in the race all seem to be convinced we've got the science right and that the engineering challenges are solvable. There have been so many records broken recently we're getting towards the end of the mile stones, hopefully soon we'll start hearing about self sustaining experiments with records for how long they ran permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, and a good sign is that the countries with money to invest in the race all seem to be convinced we've got the science right and that the engineering challenges are solvable. There have been so many records broken recently we're getting towards the end of the mile stones, hopefully soon we'll start hearing about self sustaining experiments with records for how long they ran permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That, is not an illusion, Master Oogway. permalink fedilink source parent