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"Ehrlich" is German for "honest".

Nominative determinism strikes again?

As someone who works in this field, let me add some thoughts:

  • Marvel is a joke. I put it at less than 10% that they would even beat the NIF record by 2035.
  • ITER is planned to turn on by 2025, but by now that is late 2025 ("turn on" means "create a plasma that is no more interesting than that in a fluorescent lamp"). From inside channels I know they plan to announce further delays later this year. Even if everything goes according to the present schedule, actual deuterium-tritium operation is planned to start in 2035. They will ramp thing up carefully, there
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