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Re:U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars by Robotbeat on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:32PM (#23958620)
The RTG has to be kept cool continuously on the launch pad with a nitrogen purge. All cooped up in a fairing, it’d cook the spacecraft if the heat wasn’t rejected somehow
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