OK, good to know, and I suppose not surprising since this is after all never-been-done-before research as well as engineering.
I guess the big question is how have they been progressing since, say, 2014? Are they making obvious progress and overcoming potential problems, or are new issues being identified as fast as others are being resolved ?
The design itself does seem promising, certainly more so than Tomahawk designs. I remember excitedly following the UK's JET (Joint European Torus) project when in high school in the late 1970's and here we are with ITER still sucking money and not appearing much closer than we were back then!
I guess the big question is how have they been progressing since, say, 2014? Are they making obvious progress and overcoming potential problems, or are new issues being identified as fast as others are being resolved ?
The design itself does seem promising, certainly more so than Tomahawk designs. I remember excitedly following the UK's JET (Joint European Torus) project when in high school in the late 1970's and here we are with ITER still sucking money and not appearing much closer than we were back then!