3 ms·
I think a problem with ITER for PR isn't the cost. It's time. I learned about it and got excited more than a decade ago. It'll still take years of time for it t
by Aerroon 6y ago
I think a problem with ITER for PR isn't the cost. It's time. I learned about it and got excited more than a decade ago. It'll still take years of time for it to be finished.
I'm not really sure how to express this, but the huge amount of time just diminishes the impact of it for me.
- godelski 6y agoOne could also argue that it would be developed faster if they had more money. It wouldn't be a linear relationship, but there is a definite relationship between the two. But fundamentally I agree. It is hard to stay excited about something to come for decades.
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoI have similar feelings about the James Webb Space Telescope too.
- nitrogen 6y agoThink of it like the construction of a legendary cathedral. The prolonged commitment required is part of its impressiveness.
- mac01021 6y agoWith a legendary cathedral, the layperson can walk up to it at any time and easily perceive its ever-waxing size and majesty. This is something a fusion reactor doesn't have (I guess they could do tours or something maybe?).
- nitrogen 6y agoThey do have a YouTube channel showing construction.
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoThere are people whose imagination ITER exceeds.
- Turbots 6y agoI wrote a paper in high school on ITER in 1999 :-)