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Fission is a hot topic, actually! (sorry, not sorry) Both the US and China have committed to fission-powered spacecraft in the near term. It’s probably the mos
by ElectronCharge 3y ago
Fission is a hot topic, actually! (sorry, not sorry)
Both the US and China have committed to fission-powered spacecraft in the near term. It’s probably the most important area of superpower space competition in the sense that it’ll enable space resource exploitation far beyond what’s possible with chemical energy alone.
There’s plenty of activity here on Earth as well, with many modern modular reactor designs being evaluated and produced. Reliable power is needed alongside intermittent renewables, even with storage.
- vba616 3y ago>Both the US and China have committed to fission-powered spacecraft in the near term. It’s probably the most important area of superpower space competition in the sense that it’ll enable space resource exploitation far beyond what’s possible with chemical energy alone. https://www.etec.energy.gov/Operations/Major_Operations/SNAP_Overview.php https://www.etec.energy.gov/Operations/Major_Operations/SNAP... (This was not the RTG of Voyager and other well-known spacecraft)