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Given the difficulty and expense of building a reactor, I wonder if it would be cheaper to just start firing it into outer space. I'm guessing we could enginee
by rootusrootus 4y ago
Given the difficulty and expense of building a reactor, I wonder if it would be cheaper to just start firing it into outer space. I'm guessing we could engineer a nigh indestructible container capable of surviving rocket malfunctions [without leaking]. How many Falcon 9 launches would it take...
- xxpor 4y agoIt's the same problem as doing nuclear power in space: if the rocket blows up during the launch, or even fails normally and just falls somewhere, it would be VERY VERY bad.
- rx_tx 4y agoKurzgesagt has a good cute video on the topic (tl;dr you need a lot of Falcon 9s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us2Z-WC9rao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us2Z-WC9rao
- nvader 4y agoTl;Dr you need a backup planet