UM-Bot Posted April 19, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2018 The space agency will be revealing new details of its 'Kilopower' system at the beginning of next month. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/317383/nasa-teases-plans-for-nuclear-power-in-space 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted April 19, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 19, 2018 * Waits for environmental lobby to raise howls of protest about polluting space with radiation .... * 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted April 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I want one. I wonder if they last longer than 10 years if you use less power than Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Evan Posted April 20, 2018 #4 Share Posted April 20, 2018 22 hours ago, Vlad the Mighty said: * Waits for environmental lobby to raise howls of protest about polluting space with radiation .... * Dozens arrested in protest of plutonium-fueled space mission (October 4, 1997) http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/04/cassini/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Evan Posted April 20, 2018 #5 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Dozens of dead nuclear reactors are floating in space, and they'll eventually hit the earth http://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-powered-satellites-space-2016-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizno Posted April 20, 2018 #6 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) 22 hours ago, Vlad the Mighty said: * Waits for environmental lobby to raise howls of protest about polluting space with radiation .... * 11 minutes ago, Almighty Evan said: Dozens arrested in protest of plutonium-fueled space mission (October 4, 1997) http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/04/cassini/ They were concerned about the rocket exploding in the atmosphere and spraying ultra-dangerous highly radioactive material over a huge area. I didn't read anything about "polluting space". Edited April 20, 2018 by Blizno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 20, 2018 #7 Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Almighty Evan said: Dozens of dead nuclear reactors are floating in space, and they'll eventually hit the earth http://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-powered-satellites-space-2016-3 A highly significant part of that article: Quote The good news is that all these dead nuclear reactor-powered satellites are in orbits higher than 430 miles. There's barely any air molecules at that height to slow down the satellites, so it should take them hundreds or thousands of years to wind their way back to Earth - at which point much of their radioactive contents will have significantly decayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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