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Title: 'Kilopower' Could Power a Mars Colony and Deep Space Missions
Post by: Marlin on Apr 14, 2018, 12:34
'Kilopower' Could Power a Mars Colony and Deep Space Missions


https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2018/04/14/kilopower_could_power_a_mars_colony_and_deep_space_missions.html
Title: Re: 'Kilopower' Could Power a Mars Colony and Deep Space Missions
Post by: BetaAnt on Apr 14, 2018, 01:21
Relatively abundant my@ss. <1% naturally occurring and a small mountain of tech and chemical separation to mine, process, and purify usable U-235. Thorium is more plentiful.