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A comment on Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft. Parent comment

Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by sebzim4500 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @01:03PM (#35890161)
That's almost exactly what they said to Elon Musk when he started SpaceX, and now they are on a streak of >100 successful missions in a row.
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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by slaw on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @03:26PM (#35892254)
SpaceX uses technology that started to work in 1961.
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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by sebzim4500 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @07:48PM (#35895196)
And if you squint a lot then Helion is continuing a development process that started in the 1950s.
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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by slaw on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:39AM (#35898555)
Yes, Helion is continuing what didn't work since 1950s.
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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by ramraj07 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @03:55PM (#35892627)
Yes but spacex didn’t promise anything physicists said is impossible. Engineers saying impossible is different from physicists saying it.

The equivalent would be if spacex said something that violated the rocket equation. They didn’t. And also while they promise the Mars, they can settle for the largest reusable rocket as a consolation prize. In fields like biotech and fusion there’s often no consolation prize. So spacex was well managed with the right level of optimism and practicality. Not so here.

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Re:Helion’s fusion power purchase agreement with Microsoft by sebzim4500 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @07:46PM (#35895170)
What has Helion promised that physicists say is impoossible?
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