Скачать или смотреть Episode 45: 3I/ATLAS Saturn, & Microsoft Fusion in Washington State

A comet from deep space may thread the edge of Jupiter’s gravitational reach while Silicon Valley pours billions into a first-of-its-kind fusion plant. That’s not just good sci‑fi—those are the headlines shaping how power, money, and curiosity collide right now.

We start with 3I Atlas, an interstellar comet modeled to pass startlingly close to Jupiter’s Hill sphere in March 2026. Researchers ran hundreds of orbital clones and flagged non-gravitational forces that might have nudged its path into a razor-thin corridor. Whether the culprit is outgassing or a modeling quirk, the odds look wild enough to ask harder questions about our detection methods, how we validate extraordinary claims, and why singular events so often set the tone for public imagination. The science is careful; the speculation is loud. We translate both into plain language and keep the wonder without losing the rigor.

Then we turn to fusion, where Helion has broken ground in central Washington with plans to deliver electricity to Microsoft by 2028. It’s the clean energy moonshot that data centers crave as AI workloads explode, and it’s arriving with big names, big valuations, and bigger expectations. We unpack how purchase agreements sprint ahead of demonstrations, why some labs still haven’t shown sustained net energy gain in a grid-relevant way, and how governance, permitting, and insider networks shape who gets access to the future. If fusion fulfills even part of its promise—low-cost, reliable, carbon-free baseload—it will remake the energy map. If it falters, communities and ratepayers deserve clarity on the risks they were asked to shoulder.

Along the way, we talk trust: What would real transparency look like for fusion milestones? How should companies report energy balances, costs, and interconnection realities? What do small towns gain when plants move in, and what do they trade away? We close with a grounded human story—a teen found alive by a trained bloodhound after days in a ravine—to remind us that technology is ultimately about outcomes that matter to people.

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