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The Univ. of CA lab that operates NIF has an entire public relations department, paid for by US taxpayers, whose purpose is to generate this hype in order to in
by leephillips 5y ago
The Univ. of CA lab that operates NIF has an entire public relations department, paid for by US taxpayers, whose purpose is to generate this hype in order to influence Congress (they are the ultimate audience for all of this) to keep spending more US taxpayer money on NIF. NIF's real purpose is stockpile stewardship, so the funding is not really in jeopardy; but they always want more.