What’s NASA?
Are they some subsidiary of Space-X?
NASA, there’s a little league coach from Kenya on line 2.
Will it require an Extension Cord ?
I’m curious to know what kind of nuclear reactor they plan to use. What coolant would be used to control the thing? Water has been used here on earth with “some” success, but Mars doesn’t seem to have a lot of available water.
Explorers in a harsh, uninhabitable environment millions of miles from help with 4 or more nuclear reactors: What could go wrong?
NASA to Discuss Demonstration of New Space Exploration Power System>>>>>>
As long as Mr. Fusion will generate 1.21 gigawatts of power, lets bring the lightning! Then: “Roads, we don’t need roads?”
Oooooooooo a power system.
While that may have some cool factor with us nerds, it does nothing to stir the imaginations of the general public and those voting for funding.
About time. They have been as safe as humanly possible in submarines for decades. Yes, weight and other things might need other considerations for spacecraft but I have always thought those were issues to be overcome, not avoided.