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#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is There a Spacecraft That Could Be Launched With Nuclear Power?
We do launch spacecraft with nuclear power systems on board, but size is one consideration. The reactors and the heaters and everything are bulky. And so they're really only suitable for some of the much bigger interplanetary stuff. So that's one issue, but then it's a whole like rat's nest of political stuff as well.
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