[danjac]

Great! Does that mean fusion is going to be here in just 10 years in the future as opposed to the 20 years in the future it's been for the last 50 years?

[Ottolay]

Who knows. The problem is not getting fusion, but getting fusion to economically produce power. Hopefully one of the startups figure out some way to make it work.

I have a hard time seeing the NIF approach becoming economical. It's more of a science experiment.

[tsimionescu]

And very likely a weapons experiment, as has been said by others. This kind of indirect ICF is the closest model of what happens in a thermonuclear weapon.

[Shadonototra]

Now that china is advancing with its mini artificial Sun, you can be sure the west will do whatever it takes to "catch up"