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> The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to

> The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that. Stop picking fights with all the other countries. Take climate change seriously. Maybe then you can survive long enough to build things on Mars.

garmaine 6y ago
While I get the intent of what you are saying, you should know that the US is the only space faring nation that is trying hard to be collaborative and inclusive in the peaceful exploration and utilization of space and space exploration.
- IAmEveryone 6y ago
  EU countries have like one space agency among the 20 of them, which looks somewhat collaborative. They also did not recently create “space force” to militarize space and pander for votes in the most obnoxious way possible.
  - spoopyskelly 6y ago
    ESA is also the most useless one.
- coldtea 6y ago
  >the US is the only space faring nation that is trying hard to be collaborative and inclusive Hasn't the US been using Russian facilities and rockets to go to the (jointy built with Russia and others) ISS for the past decades? That seems collaborative to me...
option_greek 6y ago
Yes. This will ensure that other countries also will stop fighting and take climate change seriously. And of course, every country will also learn to sit tight instead of racing to explore space while USA figures out climate change. /s
azernik 6y ago
I haven't seen any major spacefaring nation opposed to this - the Soviets and Americans both put reactors in orbit during the Cold War, and only the Soviet ones caused safety problems.
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  Not entirely true, SNAP-10A is still in orbit and has suffered some degradation (parts coming off), that may have led to radioactive release. However the Soviets crashed several RORSAT reactors actually on earth, which is indeed much worse (and many cores are still up there in parking orbits)
  - azernik 6y ago
    Plus the RORSATs leaked coolant all over the place, which is both a radioactivity and debris hazard. But in any case, these are all problems that are both less likely with new designs (e.g. kilopower uses sealed heat pipes with no moving parts for coolant), and less of a concern when the reactors are either in interplanetary/cislunar space or are nice and buried.

garmaine 6y ago

While I get the intent of what you are saying, you should know that the US is the only space faring nation that is trying hard to be collaborative and inclusive in the peaceful exploration and utilization of space and space exploration.

IAmEveryone 6y ago
EU countries have like one space agency among the 20 of them, which looks somewhat collaborative. They also did not recently create “space force” to militarize space and pander for votes in the most obnoxious way possible.
- spoopyskelly 6y ago
  ESA is also the most useless one.
coldtea 6y ago
>the US is the only space faring nation that is trying hard to be collaborative and inclusive Hasn't the US been using Russian facilities and rockets to go to the (jointy built with Russia and others) ISS for the past decades? That seems collaborative to me...

option_greek 6y ago

Yes. This will ensure that other countries also will stop fighting and take climate change seriously. And of course, every country will also learn to sit tight instead of racing to explore space while USA figures out climate change. /s

azernik 6y ago

I haven't seen any major spacefaring nation opposed to this - the Soviets and Americans both put reactors in orbit during the Cold War, and only the Soviet ones caused safety problems.

GekkePrutser 6y ago
Not entirely true, SNAP-10A is still in orbit and has suffered some degradation (parts coming off), that may have led to radioactive release. However the Soviets crashed several RORSAT reactors actually on earth, which is indeed much worse (and many cores are still up there in parking orbits)
- azernik 6y ago
  Plus the RORSATs leaked coolant all over the place, which is both a radioactivity and debris hazard. But in any case, these are all problems that are both less likely with new designs (e.g. kilopower uses sealed heat pipes with no moving parts for coolant), and less of a concern when the reactors are either in interplanetary/cislunar space or are nice and buried.