DARPA HAD NUCLEAR FUSION IN 1985 AND JEFF BEZOS’ FATHER FOUNDED DARPA. INTERESTING FACTOID.
IN SOME WAYS AMERICA IS AHEAD IN FUSION AND IN SOME WAYS CHINA IS AHEAD IN FUSION. THE MAP OF THESE VARIOUS LAYOUTS AND HOW THE INDUSTRY IS SEGMENTED AND HOW ACADEMIA IS STYMIED BY POLITICS IS INTERESTING.
WHICH ONE IS AHEAD IN FUSION? AMERICA OR CHINA. IN SOME WAYS CHINA IS AHEAD AND IN SOME WAYS AMERICA IS AHEAD. WHEN IT COMES ONLINE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT BANG MIGHT COME FROM CHINA.
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