eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoSolar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition."futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up1622
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoNASA has nothing to do with nuclear research. The world would benefit from nuclear research more than sending another group for a lap around the moon.
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-257 minutes ago NASA has nothing to do with nuclear research. They absolutely do, though? Off the top of my head, Curiosity and Perseverance are both powered by a NASA-developed nuclear reactor. In total, over the last four decades, 26 missions and 45 RTGs have been launched by the United States.
minus-squareCybranM@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoVery narrow-minded view, it’s not like they’re going up there just for fun
NASA has nothing to do with nuclear research. The world would benefit from nuclear research more than sending another group for a lap around the moon.
They absolutely do, though? Off the top of my head, Curiosity and Perseverance are both powered by a NASA-developed nuclear reactor.
Very narrow-minded view, it’s not like they’re going up there just for fun