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Your and Jeff's statements are wholly compatible.

• pfdietz 4y ago
  True. :) I mean that the other approaches appear to have obvious showstoppers (mostly engineering ones for DT approaches), while Helion has at least a plausible path to practicality. (plausible, adj.: superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious.)
  • ncmncm 4y ago
    Did you see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759753 ? One of the projects has a plan to get p-11B closer to working. It didn't seem immediately stupid. It would be great to have a system that doesn't depend on unobtainium. Maybe in 50 years we will be able to take down the wind turbines, or explore the Kuiper Belt at length.
    • pfdietz 4y ago
      I don't believe any of the p-11B schemes I've seen. Like, no chance at all.
      • ncmncm 4y ago
        I would value your analysis of the specific scheme detailed there.