World’s Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New Documents Reveal
www.scientificamerican.com
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is already billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule. Not even its leaders can say how much more money and time it will take to complete
  • Sea of Tranquility@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I mean… everybody involved knew that the original budget wasn’t even close to the required amount. Large government-backed projects like this one (especially ones that include so many countries) will always be late and over budget because that’s how politics works. I’m astonished that people still write articles making a sensation out of this fact.

    • interolivary@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s just fuel for the “hur hur EU project wasteful” fire (saw several comments to that effect elsewhere)