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It's not a reason, it's just your assertion. You didn't back it up. There is no physical reason to believe your assertion is true. Consider that someone coul
by pfdietz 2y ago
It's not a reason, it's just your assertion. You didn't back it up. There is no physical reason to believe your assertion is true.
Consider that someone could have (and many did) make the same argument about reusable launch vehicles. Then SpaceX put an end to that.
You need to burrow more deeply to get to the real objections. They have to do with details of economics and engineering. Your facile approach doesn't cut it.
- af3d 2y agoSorry, the onus here is on you to provide a single shred of evidence to support the dubious claim that the technology is merely hindered by "details of economics and engineering". Fact: fusion reactions are not self-sustaining. Fact: we have never even come close to break-even. Fact: fusion research is a huge industry which attracts BILLIONS of dollars of funding every year (and hence there is little, if any, motivation for researchers to stop proselytizing fusion power). Your turn...