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Re:Last Flight Out by qikInNdOutReply on Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:15AM (#34818217)
Eh, no.. a failed concept, to grasp the techological deep roots needed to supply something with specialists and machinery at all times, at a location that is 9 months off limits.
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Re:Last Flight Out by jasonwatkinspdx on Thursday February 16, 2023 @11:15AM (#34820606)
DARPA and NASA are currently developing designs to do exactly that under Kilopower, Megapower, and similar programs. Enabling long duration unmanned deep space missions is explicitly one of NASA's goals with this.
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Re:Last Flight Out by qikInNdOutReply on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:14PM (#34821655)
And then the helium and hydrogen, turned the containement vessel into a sieve over the long run, pushing the vessel of course. The end.
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