Ignition changed the burden of proof. Engineering must now change the calendar.
NIF established a historic physics result. The next question is how target gain becomes repeatable, efficient and useful at plant scale.
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Inertial Fusion
Inertial-confinement fusion science and the lasers, targets, chambers, repetition rates and efficiencies required beyond ignition.
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