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cm0002@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyz · 1 month ago

What a nuclear reactor on the Moon really means for NASA's future

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What a nuclear reactor on the Moon really means for NASA's future

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyz · 1 month ago
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There are real concerns with long-term power generation on the Moon; nuclear could be the answer. But for NASA, will the cost be too high?
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    100kw is a few orders of magnitude off for a submarine

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      oh, definitely. I just meant it’s going to be something much closer to a “conventional” compact fission reactor (the only examples of which I could think of being for naval uses) than an RTG. I have to imagine that bleeding off all of that heat is going to be an interesting challenge in a hard vacuum.

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