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South Korea’s artificial Sun ran for 102 seconds and it could change the future of energy
(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
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You still need to boil water and turn a turbine with fusion, don’t you? Not something that works well in a space craft. Could the plasma be used in propulsion directly somehow?
I'm just imagining a steampunk spacecraft running on fusion now tbh
That would be wild. Something for a vidya game for someone with more artistic talent and free time than me