The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (2023)

Post by jethkl » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:03 PM UTC

willis936 wrote: post #10

I worked at a fusion lab at UW Madison for a few years. There is a statue of these mirror magnets (with a poetically broken water display). The way MFTF funding cut as soon as it was complete was a generational shock to fusion researchers. The taste still hasn't left peoples' mouths.

Post by actionfromafar » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:23 PM UTC

jethkl wrote: post #31

willis936 wrote: post #10

I worked at a fusion lab at UW Madison for a few years. There is a statue of these mirror magnets (with a poetically broken water display). The way MFTF funding cut as soon as it was complete was a generational shock to fusion researchers. The taste still hasn't left peoples' mouths.

The engineering hall statue! Thank you for posting your comment. I thought it was an abstract sculpture trying look "engineery". But it's a realistic representation of a cultural wound, and it is a warning. https://engineering.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids...

Post by Linda231 » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:34 PM UTC

Post by dekhn » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

daedrdev wrote: post #12

SaberTail wrote: post #11

> Only in December of 2022 did scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announce that they had achieved the first recorded fusion reaction with a net energy gain We've been achieving fusion reactions with net energy gain since the 1950s, when hydrogen bombs were developed. And, on top of that, the achievement they're talking about was more energy out than light energy…

We already have enough nukes to glass the world several times over.

Post by pfdietz » Sat, May 04, 2024, 6:08 PM UTC

FiatLuxDave wrote: post #22

Beautiful pictures, but I felt that the post was lacking in mention of Post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Post