(April 30, 2014 at 12:31 am)JuliaL Wrote: Gee, looks like the target delivery has slipped a decade and a half. As long as I can remember, commercial fusion has been 20 years away.
And I can remember back to the '70s.
The '60s not so much.
What is different today is the perceived need for fusion. In 1970 and 80's I don't think people thought there was an immediate need for fusion but rather it was just something we would eventually accomplish.
2014 is different, today I think a lot more people believe this technology is a necessity that needs to come sooner rather than later. The urgency for fusion technology is building up faster now than it ever has. I think we really are now less than 20 years away.
