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To mine the asteroid belt? To create power plants that use space as cooling and project power back? There are great options out there.
by StreamBright 6y ago
To mine the asteroid belt? To create power plants that use space as cooling and project power back? There are great options out there.
- Elv13 6y ago> To create power plants that use space as cooling and project power back? Space is the absolute worst place for thermal power plant. 1) It's not cold unless you are in earth shadow. 2) You need to use EM radiation for cooling, which is like < 1% as good as thermal conductors cooling.
- StreamBright 6y agoI think it is doable: https://www.osti.gov/includes/opennet/includes/Understanding%20the%20Atom/Nuclear%20Reactors%20for%20Space%20Power.pdf https://www.osti.gov/includes/opennet/includes/Understanding...