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TeMPOraL on June 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Energy

> The big government projects, like NIF and ITER, unfortunately have the feel of peacetime big government projects.

Not sure what 'sama means by this, but I guess it's what I feel - government projects tend to go slow unless there's an actual, real security reason for them to go faster, in which case - like with Manhattan project - you get crazy amount of productivity and progress.

gordjw on June 30, 2015 [–]

A focus on excessive procedure at the expense of real progress, unless there's a pressing need (like war), would be my guess too.

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