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RE: NASA Has Demonstrated Nuclear Fission Power Plant Can Provide Space Exploration Power In The Future
In space capability is driven by power availability. Power availability is driven by power density - the most power with the least mass. Nuclear is the clear winner, especially for Mars and the Outer planets where solar insolation really drops off.
Spot on. The negativity about nuclear power on Earth has no justification in space where there is heaps of hard radiation anyway.