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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by mrfusion on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:56AM (#16186183)
Triple redundancy usually works really well. Fail safes are great too.
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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by lordelph on Friday January 19, 2018 @09:38AM (#16186475)
"Hal, perform the earth orbit insertion burn" "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that" "Hal, come on, not this shit again?" "Dave, the reactor core cannot be ejected, and cannot be allowed to enter orbit" "Hal, WTF?" "Crew ejection will occur in 3, 2, 1...Goodbye Dave"
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