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Calista241

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13. They'll make zillions of dollars in licensing fees.

Reply to TRoN33 (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 06:47 PM

Oct 2014

It will still have to be competitive with other fuel sources, or people simply won't adopt it. Lockheed will make so much money it'll be obscene.

It remains to be seen if it'll actually work. And, didn't they make a big announcement about the skunk works closing a couple years ago?

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Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project [View all] bananas Oct 2014 OP

Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details bananas Oct 2014 #1

Well, that's much more informative. Let's see what they have in a year.... grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #5

Interesting, but... Treant Oct 2014 #2

What, is the stock slipping? grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #3

Not on the market yet Treant Oct 2014 #7

id love to see them get into tis and out of war (at least to some degee) grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #8

Fusion power will always be just 10 years exboyfil Oct 2014 #4

Ummm..... Adrahil Oct 2014 #16

Ready in a decade? pangaia Oct 2014 #6

Here is a video about the breakthrough. Restarting the Atomic Age Playinghardball Oct 2014 #9

Ten years til use in military vehicles, twenty til commercial availablity. bananas Oct 2014 #14

It's so predictable it would be funny were it not also so sad. Nihil Oct 2014 #20

I wonder... Will Lockheed share that tech with rest of us or is it exclusive... TRoN33 Oct 2014 #10

You're kidding, right? Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #12

They'll make zillions of dollars in licensing fees. Calista241 Oct 2014 #13

But they should be careful about flying until then. Orsino Oct 2014 #23

We'll still need oil for the foreseeable future. Calista241 Oct 2014 #24

They'd be glad to sell it to anyone, I'm sure. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #17

Curious how much said reactor will cost. Phlem Oct 2014 #11

It could fit on a large airplane. tclambert Oct 2014 #15

I will believe it when I see it daleo Oct 2014 #18

So, which Muslim country will they be testing it in? Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #19

Not sure what you mean? NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #21

Oh boy, enough energy that we can turn the entire biosphere into humans!!! hunter Oct 2014 #22