I recall reading an old 60s issue of 'Physics Today'; someone prophesized fusion ws 20 years away. None of that in the (look, it's still around) recent article

I recall reading an old 60s issue of 'Physics Today'; someone prophesized fusion ws 20 years away. None of that in the (look, it's still around) recent article. Insightful details are present. And some honesty ... e.g. "The agency toned down the ignition objective, emphasizing NIF’s ongoing experiments to investigate materials’ behavior under extreme densities and pressures in support of nuclear stockpile maintenance." [https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20221213a/full/ https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.2022121...]