Each laser is like a little fingertip trying to push on the capsule. This is so-called indirect drive because we're driving the capsule by the heating bath of the lasers. The fact that we're doing a can like this whole room is very important. And really what's happening is these large teams of experimentalists have been able to make the laser better and continue to improve it.

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