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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NIF
National Ignition Facility results and the exact boundary between target-scale ignition evidence and an inertial-fusion power system.
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