Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoRussia and China plan to install a nuclear power plant on the Moonintlmonitor.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1130file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1130external-linkRussia and China plan to install a nuclear power plant on the Moonintlmonitor.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareZorglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoCould you skip the turbine and slap a bunch of peltier elements on the reactor? Probably not super efficient, what with the vacuum of space being bad at absorbing hear, and if I recall right peltier produces more power the larger heat gradient.
Could you skip the turbine and slap a bunch of peltier elements on the reactor?
Probably not super efficient, what with the vacuum of space being bad at absorbing hear, and if I recall right peltier produces more power the larger heat gradient.