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Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu... by jjk166 on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:21PM (#32475550)
The JWST cost about 3 times as much as the NIF. The annual budget for the NIF is about the cost of 6 F-35s, which the US is acquiring 152 of in FY2022. It's not getting top-priority money.
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Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu... by UIUC_06 on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:09PM (#32516986)
OK, I don't think comparing research to the defense budget is at all useful, but comparing JWST research to fusion research IS. So I'll stand corrected on US money.

However, ITER is a global effort, so it isn't just the US budgets we have to consider, right?

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