The Readiness Scorecard
A single graded view of every subsystem and gate, on the same ruler, so nothing is hidden and nothing is overstated.
One ruler for everything
The scorecard grades every element of the burner on the same scale: established, simulated, or open. It puts the mature physics and the open gates side by side so a reader sees the whole picture, not a curated slice.
How to read it
- Established — supported by existing hardware or textbook physics
- Simulated — supported only by models today
- Open — not yet supported by either; a gate to close
Why a scorecard
A graded table resists cherry-picking. The mature rows do not excuse the open ones, and the open rows do not erase the mature ones. This is the honest summary the rest of the section supports in detail.
The scorecard's discipline is that everything is graded on one ruler, so mature rows cannot excuse open ones and open rows cannot erase mature ones. A reader gets the whole picture in a single view rather than a curated slice. The detailed pages in this section exist to justify each grade, and the grades change only when hardware evidence justifies the change.
See the four gates and how to read the gates.