[Seruzawa]

"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.

[Red Badger]

I think he meant that you want to achieve a place where it’s so common and conventional that it’s practically an afterthought, like turning the key in your car’s ignition to go to work.........................

[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