U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars

Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by sandworm101 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:30PM (#23958598)

(1) Heat. Space is cold. (-100c)

(2) Cooling. Space is hot. (+400c)

(3) Running the computer.

(4) Running the communications gear.

(5) Cooling 4+5.

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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by dTal on Sunday July 26, 2020 @05:25PM (#23960308)

I'd be amazed if GP's house is in space. But hey, life's full of surprises!

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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by xyzzyz on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:38PM (#23958673)

How can you use electricity to cool things in space?

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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by sandworm101 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @05:19PM (#23960272)

Same as in a car or any air conditioner. You pump a hot fluid to/from radiators. Look at the iss. See the big black structures always held perpendicular to the solar panels. Those are the radiators.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Active_Thermal_Contro...

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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by voxelghost on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:14PM (#23993698)

You build your walls out of Peltier elements. On one side of capsule, hot side will be in, cold side out, the other side of the capsule, the reverse. And then you use the generated power to drive a laser to shoot the energy right back into the sun.

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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by andruby on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:03PM (#23958878)

Piezo-electric? But then you need to cool the other side even more..

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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by sandworm101 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @05:23PM (#23960295)

You run a pump on a coolant loop, just like any air conditioner.

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