Note that 10 years ago this facility was maxing out at 14.4 kJ, now they are at 3.5 MJ, well over a two order of magnitude improvement. As you can see in [0] (w

Note that 10 years ago this facility was maxing out at 14.4 kJ, now they are at 3.5 MJ, well over a two order of magnitude improvement. As you can see in [0] (which doesn't even include the latest results) their progress has thus far been exponential. While this facility is not designed to achieve engineering breakeven, it is designed to get past the 100 MJ level. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility#/media/File:NIF_output_over_10_years.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility#/me...