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A quibble - in space applications, "nuclear heat source" makes me think a radioisotope thermal generator (i.e. a lump of an unstable isotope decaying naturally)
by azernik 8y ago
A quibble - in space applications, "nuclear heat source" makes me think a radioisotope thermal generator (i.e. a lump of an unstable isotope decaying naturally). That's what's used on the Curiosity and Mars 2020 rovers. Kilopower, on the other hand, is a for-real, critical-mass nuclear reactor.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoThat's a good point. Too late you edit my comment now, but I agree it should have said something like "heat from a nuclear reactor ...'