New records on Wendelstein 7-X
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New records on Wendelstein 7-X
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#3Looking at the picture, I wonder if complexity of these devices will significantly be reduced once it finally works. I assume a lot of the bells and whistles are needed to find the way, but once it's found..
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#4Old article, from June...don't get me excited
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#5Does it kill the idea of a tokamak as an energy production device? As in a stellarator proving the much more promising design...
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#6I've always been somewhat partial to the stellarator design, I mean a big plasma donut is cool and all, but what if we twisted it around a whole bunch first!?
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#7Looking at the picture, I wonder if complexity of these devices will significantly be reduced once it finally works. I assume a lot of the bells and whistles are needed to find the way, but once it's found..
Your question reminds me of the image showing how SpaceX raptor motors evolved https://imgur.com/a/4w3q3lS
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#8Looking at the picture, I wonder if complexity of these devices will significantly be reduced once it finally works. I assume a lot of the bells and whistles are needed to find the way, but once it's found..
Your question reminds me of the image showing how SpaceX raptor motors evolved https://imgur.com/a/4w3q3lS
I'm not keen on the idea of applying a 'keep subtracting things until it blows up' mentality to fusion reactors.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your question reminds me of the image showing how SpaceX raptor motors evolved https://imgur.com/a/4w3q3lS
I'm not keen on the idea of applying a 'keep subtracting things until it blows up' mentality to fusion reactors.
The nice thing about fusion reactors is that they don’t blow up but just don’t work anymore.
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#10I've always been somewhat partial to the stellarator design, I mean a big plasma donut is cool and all, but what if we twisted it around a whole bunch first!?
mmmm plasma cruller uhuhuhuhuhu
-Homer Simpson