(#5056) Application of real time nuclear fusion energy will take time

      I am 67 years old now and if by some luck of the draw I survive to 90 years old I may be able to see a public demonstration of fusion energy in my home. That is the approximate time frame prospect of moving from the successful test to prove nuclear fusion can work to a working infrastructure that can accommodate it. Such is the case with new technologies. They require a lot of trial and errors in order to refine themselves into every day paradigms. I am still excited that the initial test to prove greater clean energy can be created from lesser clean energy has succeeded but I know that starting from the foundation up takes time to build an effective usable model.
     However, the response the scientific community will have on this subject should multiply exponentially and with the world now as excited as we are at the prospect of advancing from this first step is cataclysmic. Maybe within the next 10 to 15 years we will see real world applications. Like the scientist at the coming out announcement stated, they are hiring! Which means that young minds now have a subject of immense curiosity to focus their careers on. That is what it will take for a generational advancement on this technology to rapidly come about. I stated at learning of the first nuclear fusion test that this is the greatest scientific achievement of my lifetime. And that is saying a lot.
     The ability to create more clean energy from less clean energy is astounding. For me it is almost an impossibility that has now become possible. As much a physical law to be broken and can now be redefined. I know the concept has always been available to witness every time we see a new sunrise and feel its warmth but to actually emulate that process is evolutionary. First to our societies here on earth the ability to clean our planet is paramount but not any less significant is what it will allow us to do in outer space. Being able to power our explorations with propulsion and maintenance advancements is as well doable. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/nuclear-technology-set-to-propel-and-power-future-space-missions-iaea-panel-says.