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YoBuckStopsHereBanned to politics English · 3 years ago

Lockheed gets US defense contract to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft

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Lockheed gets US defense contract to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft

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YoBuckStopsHereBanned to politics English · 3 years ago
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Weapons maker Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by a U.S. Department of Defense agency to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for the purposes of exploration and national defense, the company said on Wednesday.
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    I thought the reason we don’t generally use nuclear fuel for spacecraft is the risk of a launch failure spreading radioactive debris over a potentially huge area.

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      So that’s why neither SpaceX nor Boeing got the contract.

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      Those days are over and conveniently ignored all the RTGs we’ve got all over the solar system. Now China is planning to plant a nuclear reactor at Shackleton Crater on the moon and multiple agencies, all over the world, are working toward fission and fusion drives.

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    One step closer to that Great Leader’s Dream

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