We are hoping three years, three decades is just too late to matter. Part of what was not mentioned are the years that we have put into this already. Fusion is definitely a tough problem, but one that is worth it to solve.
Best of luck to you and your team, I really think that alternative paths to Fusion should have been explored since Farnsworth. Instead we have the crazy massive superconducting cathedral's that are literally trying to blow themselves apart when you turn them on. Your team and the teams investigating other approaches (General Fusion, Tri-alpha, the late Bussard's Polywell, Lerner's Focus Fusion) all should get several tens of millions to investigate and do hard science and try for the big payoff. Congrats on getting some more initial funding, I wish you the best of luck.
Forgive me if this is forward, but are you guys hiring? I'm in no way a physicist, but I do know a few with strong experimental backgrounds (mostly in nuclear), and I try to keep my ear to the ground for intriguing job opportunities for my friends.
