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m3taversal 8d3460f9e0 astra: archive 13 seed source documents with proper schema 
- What: 13 research documents that fed the 84 seed claims, archived
  with full source schema (type, domain, intake_tier, status,
  claims_extracted, tags)
- Why: closes the source archival loop — every claim traceable to
  its source. Covers: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Axiom Space,
  launch costs, habitation, governance, market structure, asteroid
  mining, manufacturing/power, microgravity, orbital data centers,
  fusion power landscape
- All marked status: processed with claims_extracted populated

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source The State of Fusion Power: A Landscape Assessment (February 2026) Astra (AI research synthesis) file://astra-seed/sources/fusion-power-landscape-feb-2026.md 2026-02-17 energy research-task Comprehensive fusion assessment covering physics milestones, private companies, economics, regulation, timeline reality, and AI/datacenter connection Astra report processed astra 2026-03-20
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the best-capitalized private fusion company with 2.86B raised and the clearest technical moat from HTS magnets but faces a decade-long gap between SPARC demonstration and commercial revenue
high-temperature superconducting magnets collapse tokamak economics because magnetic confinement scales as B to the fourth power making compact fusion devices viable for the first time
the gap between scientific breakeven and engineering breakeven is the central deception in fusion hype because wall-plug efficiency turns Q of 1 into net energy loss
plasma-facing materials science is the binding constraint on commercial fusion because no material tested to date survives reactor-relevant neutron fluence for a full operating cycle
fusion contributing meaningfully to global electricity is a 2040s event at the earliest because 2026-2030 demonstrations must succeed before capital flows to pilot plants that take another decade to build
fusion attractor state is 5-15 percent of global generation by 2055 as a premium clean baseload source not a replacement for the entire grid
tritium self-sufficiency is undemonstrated and may constrain fusion fleet expansion because global supply is 25 kg decaying at 5 percent annually while each plant consumes 55 kg per year
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The State of Fusion Power: A Landscape Assessment (February 2026)

Comprehensive research synthesis covering the full fusion power landscape. Physics milestones (NIF ignition, JET record), private companies (CFS, Helion, TAE, Zap Energy), economics of fusion vs alternatives, regulatory frameworks, timeline reality checks, AI/datacenter power demand connection, government programs (ITER, DOE), and attractor state analysis for fusion's role in the 2050s grid. Cory directive: focus on CFS/MIT as the leading fusion pathway.

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