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Exactly. What is needed is a SpaceX-like enterprise, where the engineering effort is concentrated in building economies of scale. To me it's clear that nuclear
by ciconia 1y ago
Exactly. What is needed is a SpaceX-like enterprise, where the engineering effort is concentrated in building economies of scale. To me it's clear that nuclear energy's pros largely outweigh the cons, and that it is a perfect complement to solar and wind power generation.
- crooked-v 1y agoI really don't want a SpaceX-like attitude to radioactive material.
- lostlogin 1y agoA nuclear Musk would be interesting.
- tencentshill 1y agoWe can't blow up nuclear reactors to learn how they failed like spaceX does with rockets.
- charcircuit 1y agoSure we can, just not out in the open with a bunch of spectators.
- kotaKat 1y ago... Sooooo... time to fire back up the old range at Bikini Atoll?
- jraph 1y ago> What is needed is a SpaceX-like enterprise I'm not sure. They have more injuries per worker than their competition [1]. Space should already not be "let's work too fast at safety's cost", nuclear really can't. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/spacex-worker-injury-rates-at-starbase-outpace-industry-rivals/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/spacex-worker-injury-rates...
- rogerrogerr 1y agoBetcha their worker injuries per kg to LEO are lower than most companies.
- elictronic 1y agoInjury rate is 6x other space vehicle manufacturers. If you were to slow them down by 6x they would pretty close to the 20 years it’s already taken to get SLS/constellation to do a test launch. Super heavy is on year 4.