Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)

[sandwind]

The goal of the National Ignition Facility is to achieve fusion by compressing and heating a pea-sized capsule containing a mixture of deuterium and tritium with the energy of 192 powerful laser beams. This process will cause the fusion fuel to ignite and burn, producing more energy than the energy in the laser pulse and creating a miniature star here on Earth


https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/missio...or_the_future/

[photon555]

Re: Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)

Don't worry, they'll find a way to make sure it's never practical or economical. The government has been funding research in this area for about half a century now. Who would want to derail the gravy train?

[Adeptus]

Re: Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)

....and creating a miniature star here on Earth

hmmmm.. what could possibly go wrong?