> Wow. I'd seen renders of the proposed magnet geometry, and it looked like a nightmare to build. Not an expert, but ... imagine trying to successfully build a

> Wow. I'd seen renders of the proposed magnet geometry, and it looked like a nightmare to build. Not an expert, but ... imagine trying to successfully build a stellarator as irregular and sinuous as this in the 1960s! You can see why they didn't try.