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I'm curious, where does one get the nuclear fuel on Mars? Does it have to be flown all the way from the Earth?
by vadimberman 9y ago
I'm curious, where does one get the nuclear fuel on Mars? Does it have to be flown all the way from the Earth?
- acidburnNSA 9y agoDefinitely. You can probably mine uranium on Mars but that would require a bunch of infrastructure and other power sources. These babys are way down-rated so they can run on a single loading of fuel for decades, like nuclear submarines. Good old E=MC^2.
- jacobush 9y agoI don't think there is any uranium to be had there. For such heavy elements to get deposited in ore near the surface takes special circumstances, such as those of Earth.