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Nuclear fission – the name of the game for space colonising – says nuclear enthusiast

Kilowatt nuclear reactor could play role in powering manned missions on Mars, Las Vegas Now  Patrick Walker  Feb 26, 2018  “…….As humans prepare to venture out farther into the final frontier, the name of the game is nuclear fission.

“We had to show NASA that we could do this affordably within a schedule that’s reasonable for them, and that’s the whole basis of this project,” Dr. Poston said.

Dr. Poston is the chief designer of a kilowatt nuclear reactor……..

“With a reactor, you could power a unit that would take the CO2 from the Martian atmosphere; it would strip away the carbon and take that oxygen and liquify it and store it until needed,” Los Alamos Laboratory project lead, Patrick McClure said.http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/kilowatt-nuclear-reactor-could-play-role-in-powering-manned-missions-on-mars/993170027

February 27, 2018 - Posted by | technology, USA

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