Reply To: Physics Nobel to Big Bangers

[Aeronaut]

tcg wrote: This makes a lot of sense, especially with regard to the several smaller projects like LPP which labor mightily with little notice. A positive attitude here would allow an important spirit of cooperation and some mutual benefit. However, would the same apply to the “money into black hole” projects like NIF and the Tokamak? When the NIF finally gets ignition, the emotion I would be suppressing would sound like “better late than never — and this cost you how much?” I suppose I could suck it up and grin, passing along a “well done” if it would help, but would they even notice?

May I suggest dry wit, delivered straight faced on YouTube, followed by tweets and other social media posts linking to the video? Since the big boys will definitley use a press release, and big media will copy it, those are the keywords to put into your congratulatory video.

Yes, the high road is strategically the best path, no matter who crosses energy breakeven line first. But never forget that theoretical breakeven and practical breakeven are not necessarily going to the same project, or even the same fuel group or confinement method. We got us a real horse race, and I’m wondering if the aneutronic gang just might be forcing the others to get with the program.