[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.