00:00Ideal for long interplanetary missions where endurance matters.
00:05But then why doesn't every mission use this technology?
00:09Well, because it's not quite fully developed yet.
00:13We still haven't found a reasonable solution for dissipating the heat that's generated.
00:20Because in space we don't have an atmosphere that could help us with that.
00:25That could be different on the moon, because there we can draw on larger amounts of water.
00:32Fortunately, it has been stored there for billions of years waiting for us.
00:38But we haven't been completely idle.
00:40There are indeed examples and experiments involving NEP that show how close we are.
00:46NASA's Prometheus project from 2003 to 2005, which was unfortunately cancelled, planned
00:54the G20.
00:55Timo missions to Jupiter with a 200kW reactor and an ISP of 6000 seconds.
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