Good. The only thing that was quite good about the cold war was the competition.
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HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 10 months ago
Oh shit. Things are heating up in the fusion race.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s not what this is, and even then, that competition wasn’t even good. You had two countries hoarding technological advancements for themselves, with everything having to be discovered twice.
This is a worldwide collaboration, where each assists the others, and it’s a much better way of making progress. See ITER.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
I should’ve replaced ‘quite’ with a more clear ‘remotely’ but you’re absolutely correct
misk@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
IIRC it was expected because previous record from China was essentially a trial for this one. It all happens under ITER project so it’s not that much of a race.
ZJBlank@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Good shit. I’d rather this be a global cooperative effort rather than a jingoistic dick-waving contest.
Sceptique@leminal.space 10 months ago
It’s several cooperative and competitives projects. Diversity is not bad for science anyway. ITER itself involve tons of countries.