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The University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics was working on laser fusion back in the late 70s. Despite multiple upgrades, they never achieved t
by TomMasz 4y ago
The University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics was working on laser fusion back in the late 70s. Despite multiple upgrades, they never achieved the goal, eventually outgrew the facility and the DoE moved on to the NIF. It really underscores how difficult laser fusion is and how important it must be to merit pouring all that money into.
- jinto36 4y agoThe LLE at least wasn't a single purpose build-abandon-dismantle project, and still operates for research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_for_Laser_Energetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_for_Laser_Energetic...