That was the whole basis for the Mars direct mode of propellant creation, and to be honest should be the only expansion of Human based Nuclear technology. Elon

That was the whole basis for the Mars direct mode of propellant creation, and to be honest should be the only expansion of Human based Nuclear technology. Elon is saying he's going to put football fields of Solar panel arrays on Mars according to Zubrin [1], as absurd as that sounds he probably will accomplish it given his track record how long it remains viable (dust storms on Mars can last months) is the real question, when in reality Nuclear technology should really only be used for these kind of purposes: high risk, limited option based energy creation. None of which apply to Earth, but do apply to Mars and I guess the Moon. I won't rant about how incredibly foolish the mission to the Moon is here, not least of which putting a significant nuclear generation station on something that orbits the Earth is, but suffice it to say it makes more sense then building another on the Planet when we have so many more options. 1: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/mars-elon-musk-plan-to-settle-red-planet/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/mars-elon-musk-plan-t...