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LarryMullins on Dec 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved

> Why doesn't the political environment allow for it. What could happen.

Three astronauts were incinerated alive. That was when they started to take safety more seriously. Subsequent accidents have only reinforced this.

krainboltgreene on Dec 14, 2022 [–]

Yes, but what happened after the astronauts died as a response?

The entire point of my comment is that funding cuts happened. That is the reaction.

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