[Tenacious 1]

"You don't want to be in a position where you've got to get absolutely everything just right in order to get ignition," says Chittenden.

Wait. What? This guy is a scientist?

That's how thing work in the real world, bunky.

I understood what he meant. Not the best articulation of his point. He meant they need to find a way to produce conditions to start fusion that does not require such strict tolerances.

That said, it seems that you almost need a traditional fission reaction for the ignition of a fusion reaction. LOL

[seowulf]

That said, it seems that you almost need a traditional fission reaction for the ignition of a fusion reaction.

Didn't we learn that in 1952?

[Seruzawa]

Oh, I get it. But I would expect something like a nuclear reaction to be very touchy at first. If they took good notes they will probably be able to recreate it. Certainly every other researcher on the planet will be trying to replicate it too. Workable fusion is worth trillions.