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From: KFL@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch")
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Subject: Fusion reactors in space
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 14:03:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 14:03:00 1986
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  One could make a better argument that since all known fusion
reactors are so large, none will ever exist EXCEPT in space.  (They
are called stars).
  Presumably, once someone manages to build a controlled fusion
reactor on Earth, someone will manage to make it smaller and
smaller...  It wasn't that long ago that 'everyone knew' that
computers were too large to be launched into space!
								...Keith