” They claim superior knowledge in this field”
“claim”? Don’t know much about NASA, do you? Two of their nuclear plants are still operating after 34 years and at the edge of the outermost layer of the heliosphere (That means ‘outer space’ to you). Seems NASA has plenty of experience building small nuclear power plants, even if not Rossi’s BS “cold fusion” device.
No, NASA claimed superior knowledge regarding how an LENR device should work.
Those little fission devices are not LENR devices ~ they clearly depend on decay processes typical of those you find in STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE reactions.
One more time ~ there are FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES. They are Gravity, Electro-Magnetic, Weak Nuclear, and Strong Nuclear.
Read up on all four and you can get into this discussion.
All discussions must assume that Weak Nuclear force could be at play, as could StrongNuclear force.
Understanding that when NASA says, "Hey, you gots' to do it this way" just ask yourself how it is guys at NASA are familiar enough with LENR to know what a test for Weak Nuclear force involvement ought to show.
Cheers!
toad: NASA uses fission for its deep space probe power. LENR produces and uses no radioactive isotopes.