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Originally Posted by mmartin798
We really need to look at the achievements of the Project in the building timeline to try and figure out a reasonable place for large fusion reactors based on what we actually have today. According to TM1-1, Morrow scientists perfected cryogenics in 1964 with refinements through 1989. It is indicated that the 1964 process worked with volunteers being frozen and unfrozen to no ill affect in a statistically very large number of cases.
So if they were able to achieve that in 1964 while we still cannot do that today, but today we have had a number of laboratory successes with fusion that produced more energy than consumed, it can logically be assumed that they had large reactors working in the early days of the Project. It is important to note that the need for vehicles that did not need to be refueled frequently may have been identified and prompted Bruce to go into the future looking specifically for this technology to be retrofitted into vehicles and power trailers, as the fusion technology they had may not have scaled to such small sizes.
None of this strictly violates canon even though canon does not directly speak to this either.
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Rabbit hole of interest. There is a large super collider complex in Waxahachie TX that was abandoned. Its still there. there are even miles of the tunnel dug that were never filled in, but instead were filled with water to preserve them. There is a lot of underground space for this thing... Serious potential for a base.
https://interestingengineering.com/s...d-texas-desert..
Yes its a cylinder, but to find an abandoned project, and be able to re utilize it or turn it into a regional base or Prime back up would be a great opportunity. just my 2 cents... I live not far from this place... thats how I learned about it..