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You missed the point of the comment. The point is you don't need huge complicated nuclear reactor to produce practically endless supply of energy in space, whi
by lmilcin 6y ago
You missed the point of the comment.
The point is you don't need huge complicated nuclear reactor to produce practically endless supply of energy in space, which is what the parent said he thought is a problem.
You probably need more energy than RTG but probably not as much as most people think. If you can apply a steady force for years, you would be able to give the required 10-100cm/s velocity delta to even large asteroid.
- perl4ever 6y agoTo what do you refer, that is not a "huge complicated nuclear reactor" but also is not an RTG? There are and have been fission reactors in space already. RTGs seem to typically be in the hundreds of watts, while the reactors are more in the kilowatt range. The reactors are not RTGs, and they are definitely a lot more complex.