Opinion on Lockheed Martin's fusion "breakthrough"

[Glenstr]

I've been following this with interest, and would like the opinion on those here with a lot more knowledge of the subject than I am.

Depending on what you read, this is technology that will be available within a decade, or it's a pipe dream many decades away.

Is it something we'll see in our lifetimes?

In any event, should it pan out even close to the way they say in http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-lockheed-fusion-idUSKCN0I41EM20141015, I can see the changes it would bring as monumental.

 

[berkeman]

We had a thread about this near the end of last year: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/lockheed-skunkworks-fusion-plan.776361/

Have there been any new developments since then?

 

[Glenstr]

thanks - I'll read & follow that thread then. I thought I read about a breakthrough since then - but it was just an old article rehashed.