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What's the point of nuclear po(...) 03/27/26(Fri)03:38:25 No.16936088

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What's the point of nuclear power on Mars? Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)03:38:25 No.16936088 Archived

What's the difference with Earth?

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)11:01:41 No.16936185

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)11:01:41 No.16936185

>>16936088
No oil, gas, wind, geothermal or hydro on mars. Solar is much weaker though still practical for very early work. Nuclear is however the only source of power that is portable enough to be brought to Mars.

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)12:52:06 No.16936213

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)12:52:06 No.16936213

The potentiality to actuality has made it so that Mars will never happen.

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)12:58:22 No.16936220

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)12:58:22 No.16936220

It's just an expensive extension to earth.

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)16:06:47 No.16936302

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)16:06:47 No.16936302

>>16936088
We have explained this to you multiple times in /sfg/ and you still don't get it.

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)20:50:34 No.16936457

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)20:50:34 No.16936457

>>16936088
Will serve as core of the power.
Solar + battery will be the main power source for majority of the use case, nuclear will serve as the auxiliary for night/emergencies

Anonymous
03/28/26(Sat)00:32:50 No.16936517

Anonymous 03/28/26(Sat)00:32:50 No.16936517

>>16936088
do you know how hard it would be to send enough children to mars to mine that martian coal?