Fusion suffers another blow...

National Ignition Facility Image

Remember how I said in class that "nuclear fusion technology always seems to be 10 years off"?  A government-funded project promising new progress into fusion research, called the National Ignition Facility, has struggled to deliver.  The New York Times ran a piece this week about their struggle to explain to Congress why it's worth continuing to fund the project.  Very interesting!

You can also read more about the facility itself at:
https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/missions/energy_for_the_future/