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		sandworm101 on July 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Laser fusion facility heads back to drawing board Focal point isn't the problem. It is more about timing, getting all the lasers to hit at the same time. And no, this has nothing to do with outsourcing. There are no outside experts in this field.

nonrandomstring on July 25, 2022 [–]

I see. A similar problem to aligning the detonation wave in the early plutonium bomb designs then, only with the speed of light as a constraint. Tricky.

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