Sounds like the remaining problems are with the lasers (energy lost converting to x-rays) and energy lost heating up the apparatus, i.e. not things directly rel

Sounds like the remaining problems are with the lasers (energy lost converting to x-rays) and energy lost heating up the apparatus, i.e. not things directly related to the fundamental goal which is "to achieve ignition – a point at which the energy generated by the fusion process exceeds the total energy input." Basically, the amount of energy that actually contributes to the fusion process is now less than the energy produced by the fusion process. That's a pretty big milestone: > Although there's still some way to go, the result represents a significant improvement on previous yields: eight times greater than experiments conducted just a few months prior, and 25 times greater than experiments conducted in 2018. It's a huge achievement. Pretty cool stuff.