Scientists announced Tuesday that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it

@JimboSaturn It will still be "Fusion is just 20 years away."

@DunningKruger Ya they have to make it a practical application still.

@DunningKruger Actually, the progress at LLNL since 2018 is amazing.

The early December event is another energy milestone. If you poke around the site, you'll see that they've been working from real measurements and simulations to improve the targets and how they use the lasers.

It's clear that NIF has brought together the right people with the right tools and the right motivation to finally make some bigger advances close in time to each other.