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mapt on May 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured aga...

Anyone have any idea where First Light Fusion's third machine fits into this?

The idea of using literal guns (gunpowder, then light gas gun, then coil gun) to impact projectiles against each other seemed like it was probably ludicrous, but I haven't seen any critical media or numbers yet.

chuckleMuscle on May 9, 2025 [–]

FLF's own numbers on this are given in a white paper [1, fig 7.]. Note the "fusion measured" datapoint used a gas gun, rather than Machine-3, as the driver... [1] https://firstlightfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/firs...

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