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    We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

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    SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket modified for Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo launch on Jan. 30

    With all due respect, I am quite close to what the ISS is doing. While there is some serious science, the majority are just beyond high school science fair projects. What we have proved at ISS is this: humans are terrible suited to long duration space flight...and unaffordable in the face of...
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    SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket modified for Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo launch on Jan. 30

    By my estimate, a pint of ice cream for the ISS astronauts is about $200,000. Is everyone OK with that....or might you join me in arguing that we should de-orbit the ISS and put our resources to fixing our planet Earth?
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    We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

    The only concert that works, here presented WTIC: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09597b104b84e91f1e31dae27c07cefbb9984224ce373d4fe4c98b503d0669c9.jpg
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    We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

    No one reading this story will live long enough to enjoy man-made fusion power. THIS IS THE ONLY CONCEPT THAT WILL WORK: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09597b104b84e91f1e31dae27c07cefbb9984224ce373d4fe4c98b503d0669c9.jpg
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    Scientists may have just cracked the sun's greatest mystery

    The first question everyone has is "Does this higher energy output from the Sun impact Earth's weather?" As a possible resolution, why not use the temperature measuring capabilities our our Mars Orbiter to track that so-far-not-impacted-by-human-activity planet's reaction to changes in the Sun's...