• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    7 months ago

    I’m guessing you can get a lot more power out of a compact reactor than from solar panels by weight. My guess would be that Russian and Chinese space agencies ran the basic numbers to decide whether this makes sense or not before making the announcement.