Vicariously Tour the National Ignition Facility 97
Dave Bullock writes "The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been discussed several times over the years on Slashdot and just recently fired all of its 192 lasers. LLNL scientists predict NIF will attain ignition (controlled nuclear explosion) in 2010. For now, take a look at the photos I shot of NIF for Wired.com when I toured it earlier this year."
Re:"controlled nuclear explosion" (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Running windows!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Well the facility only needs to run for a few milliseconds so reliability isn't terribly important.
Re:192 lasers? (Score:1, Insightful)
That is short sighted thinking. A new source of renewable clean safe energy will feed vastly many more.
Re:One laser actually (Score:2, Insightful)
The Germans also killed a couple million people to accomplish that task, make sure to give them credit for that since you seem bent on making sure Americans get no credit as usual. Rocket clubs were all around anyways, it's just the development was accelerated by the war as it does anytime you make people suffer.
German scientist also perfected human guinny pig testing and human slaves that allowed for rocket development.
Don't cherry pick your favorite achievements by the Germans without ignoring the human slave labor that died trying to let those scientist achieve those objectives while you try to write off the Americans as a nobody.
The British would have long starved to death if it were not for us and would not be able to build rockets without our supplies, look at the material list for some of the rockets which could only have come from one country.
You know, it's as if killing Jews was so 'iffy' back than.