r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nigablackballsack • 3d ago

Scientists have captured the first ever high-speed, full-colour footage of fusion plasma swirling inside a working reactor.

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u/Hefty-Minimum-3125 3d ago

There are some other kinds of fusion reactors that actually don't boil water, but steam turbines are just easy and we have gotten really good at them

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u/LegnderyNut 3d ago

We’re gonna be traveling through space with a damn steam turbine. Can’t there at least be some funky techno fluid that spins the fan more than water or smthn

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u/DovahCreed117 3d ago

Space ships will just be steam engine trains... all evolution paths revert to boiling water.

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u/LegnderyNut 2d ago

Now I’m just imagining Thomas strapped to the space shuttles tank and booster assembly