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Nieshtze t1_iwihufm wrote

Reply to comment by darthdiablo in A typical thought process by Kaarssteun

It is easy to perform fusion in a non-stellar scale. They did that in the 50s with hydrogen bombs.

The challenge is controlling the reaction.

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[deleted] t1_iwij5em wrote

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-ZeroRelevance- t1_iwimwko wrote

Hydrogen bombs are a mix of fission and fusion. They create an explosion like a standard atomic bomb using fission, which superheats the hydrogen in the bomb to initiate a fusion reaction, which increases the energy output manyfold.

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