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"However, my intuition is that nuclear power has less variables than driving a car." During the cold war they launched fission reactors into orbit. That probab
by perl4ever 7y ago
"However, my intuition is that nuclear power has less variables than driving a car."
During the cold war they launched fission reactors into orbit. That probably had more variables. Then again, since the nuclear airplane project was unsuccessful, maybe that had the most variables of all.
- jwandborg 7y agoWell, nuclear power isn't harder because you put it in a car, but it's a great way to add to the complexity of the system as a whole. Putting a nuclear reactor in space (as we still do, I think the most recent Mars rover had one) greatly reduces the risk of it directly causing deaths, since it's really far away from humans for most of its service life.