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Personally I think it'd be interesting to compare the expected price/weight to how much it cost to cross the Atlantic back in the 1600s. Does anyone happen to have any good references for goods/people crossing back then?

For instance, one person writes on Quora[0] that between 1600 and 1800 one could cross the Atlantic from Europe by becoming an indentured servant, working 4-7 years for someone. By looking at the average US income, this corresponds to roughly $2-300,000 per one-way "ticket".

This is somewhat comparable to Musk's aspirational price for a one-way ticket to Mars, no?

On another note, I'm sure there were discussions back then about why bother to spend months crossing the Atlantic..!

[0] https://www.quora.com/How-much-did-it-cost-in-today%E2%80%99...

I have great respect for Mozilla, and as an EU citizen I find it odd that a meeting that is taking place on behalf of the public is held for closed doors. However, I can't help thinking that this partition for openness lacks openness itself: The site contains very little information about to whom and how the signatures will be presented to drive this change. Also about the number of signatures collected, which is otherwise commonplace to have a counter for.

... Or am I missing something entirely?

Without being an expert on the subject, I hope some of what is learned from the engineering of those big honking machines might be relevant for attempts at sustainable fusion.

Plus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_physics#Practical_app...