Post by rubl on May 5, 2018 14:41:48 GMT 7
Don't go on a trip without a reliable power source 
"NASA demos little nuclear power plant to help find little green men
Kilopower experiment looks good for 10 kilowatts on the Moon, Mars or beyond
NASA has announced successful tests of a small fission reactor capable of producing about 10 kilowatts of power, and hopes the technology will prove suitable for use on the Moon or Mars.
The space agency’s developed the reactor because crewed missions will need lots more electricity than can be generated by either the Sun or the radioisotope thermoelectric generators that power the likes of the Voyager probes, New Horizons and the Curiosity rover. Future probes will also be able to do more if they have more power to play with."
www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/03/nasa_kilopower_reactor_using_stirling_technology/
"NASA demos little nuclear power plant to help find little green men
Kilopower experiment looks good for 10 kilowatts on the Moon, Mars or beyond
NASA has announced successful tests of a small fission reactor capable of producing about 10 kilowatts of power, and hopes the technology will prove suitable for use on the Moon or Mars.
The space agency’s developed the reactor because crewed missions will need lots more electricity than can be generated by either the Sun or the radioisotope thermoelectric generators that power the likes of the Voyager probes, New Horizons and the Curiosity rover. Future probes will also be able to do more if they have more power to play with."
www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/03/nasa_kilopower_reactor_using_stirling_technology/
