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[–] starbreaker@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (11 children)

We already have a perfectly good nuclear fusion reactor about 93,000,000 miles from our planet. We just need to make better use of its output.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The concept is viable. Just needs moar mirrors

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mythbusters used a lot of mirrors, and could not get it to work.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The concept is viable. Just needs moar mirrors

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Sadly I believe they found adding more mirrors did not appreciably raise the temperature of the focal point. Diminishing returns and all. So unfortunately more mirrors is not the answer, more Lasers is!

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