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		IshKebab on March 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compac... It does because the non-compact version is ITER and that costs $50bn. Smaller = cheaper.

kortex on March 27, 2018 [–]

Smaller = cheaper and faster to build = more iterations = faster learning about these systems.

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