NASA's New Space Reactor Is Powered by Nuclear Fission



From returning to the Moon to establishing outposts on Mars, NASA has the need for more power than ever before. Could nuclear fission be the solution they’ve …

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  1. the research center should be conducted in deep space

    all the way

    you'll NASA KNOW U WILL never come back

    and you all know that

    now that's why you don't have a research center on the moon because nobody's coming back

    ))

  2. All I see is you guys using reactions to take them away to create energy a very stupid way if you think about it

    You guys are stuck on the old basic thermodynamics the transfer of energy

    Someone needs to come in there and shake you guys up with some new stuff new thinking

  3. It's the inefficient conversion factor

    that step has to be removed eliminated or adjusted

    Where am I to find a schematic of this engine, this fission machine with applicable electronics…ty someone Smart.

  4. SUPER SMART PEOPLE! THE WORLD IS BLESSED TO HAVE THEM! GREAT FOR US ALL! THOSE ANOMOLIES PINCHING TIME AND SPACE COULD EVEN BE A FUTURE US COMING BACK TO HELP PROPEL HUMAN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS!

  5. Brilliant design, made small, lightweight and with very low neutron flux, like none before it. This is made possible mainly by the use of *weapons grade uranium*, enough of it to make a weapon. The main risk then of a launch failure into the ocean is not that the little 10kw core might start, who cares if it starts. The risk is instead that the core is captured by some rogue actor and recreates Hiroshima. Why some engineer would skip this issue in discussion against catchy music is something out of Strangelove.

  6. As this thing is nuclear, I do not see a redundant system of cooling should the umbrella mechanism fails in its operations. More moving parts increases its chance of failure and maintenance on the long run, the wide surface area creates a large enough surface that should any space debris hits, it will be knocked off balance. Just like the umbrella in a wind storm.

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