Re: I would love for Helion to succeed
"According to this article, ITER total costs might rise up to $65 billion, although ITER's management disputes this amount and maintains the official $22 billion estimate from 2016."
If we're going to talk about numbers with a broad brush, then let's look at the fossil fuel spends and try to put them into perspective.
Currently, at grave danger to the survival of every living organism on the planet, even if ITER finally costs $65 billion over a few decades, we spend that much on fossil fuels EVERY THREE DAYS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_supply_and_consumption
That we let the accountants run things while the planet is dying in front of our eyes is truly, monumentally, insane.