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Most of the critique of this milestone sounds like dismissing the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk.

Yes at this point it's a totally impractical and the future is uncertain. Yet here we are with 20 hour flights across the globe.

Yes modern flight took over a century but given today's generally advanced technology you have to be much more optimistic about its practicality and timeline.



I think the news release was hyped up too much. Somebody who doesn’t know about fusion could easily think they they have solved all problems.




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