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I think there's some core research in magnetic control of plasmas / energy transfer from plasma that's been done, and is going to start leaking into more public
by h2odragon 4y ago
I think there's some core research in magnetic control of plasmas / energy transfer from plasma that's been done, and is going to start leaking into more public applications like fusion. The military's "hypersonics" may be a beginning of some of that; bringing out things they've either been sitting on or desperately trying to get working for 30+ yr.
- starwind 4y agoreally interesting point about hypersonics and plasmas. Developments in aviation have trickled down and led to other developments in technology—tons of work in modern control theory, material sciences, and aerodynamics was originally motivated by trying to build a better plane. I’d be surprised if we didn’t learn a few very practical things about plasmas while working on hypersonic weapons