I don't understand. They built a thing. We also have similar things, don't we?
Wouldn't the Sputnik moment require actual energy generation? It doesn't sound like they're any closer than we are.
I don't understand. They built a thing. We also have similar things, don't we?
Wouldn't the Sputnik moment require actual energy generation? It doesn't sound like they're any closer than we are.
> We also have similar things, don't we?
Yes. Commonwealth Fusion and MIT are building a superconducting fusion reactor at Devens, Massachusetts right now. It's called SPARC and the site has been under construction since 2021. The plan expects to achieve first plasma sometime in 2026.