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> "sustain plasma with temperatures of 100 million degrees for 48 seconds during tests between December 2023 and February 2024, beating the previous record of 3
by stevenjgarner 3y ago
> "sustain plasma with temperatures of 100 million degrees for 48 seconds during tests between December 2023 and February 2024, beating the previous record of 30 seconds set in 2021"
60% duration increase in 2 years => 24 hour continuous operation in 9,595 years (assuming linear progress, which one can only hope is not the case. Let's hope this too follows a law of accelerating returns.)