[NIAC 2023] Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice
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The NIAC's Blue Sky Territory
As long as you have the deuterium there as your fuel, almost indefinitely. But I mean, are we looking? Is it something that's equivalent to like some of the RTGs on the voyagers? Are we looking at decades timeframe or are we looking at just a couple of years? Do you think real realistically, I think we're probably looking at a mission profile. We would have to run five to 10 years. That sounds reasonable. Yeah. If these things are coffee can size. And so it'll go through its fuel in 5 to 10 years and then run out of heat. Right. You can imagine if you make it bigger, it'll last longer. yeah.
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