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• In-situ resource utilization
  ...fied by JPL on Mars, this is the preferred fuel in a number of Molten Salt Reactor designs. <ref name=":12">Map of Martian Thorium at Mid-Latitudes, JPL '' M ...There are three known sources of energy on Mars: the Sun, Mars' crust and nuclear fission. Energy may be stored in a variety of ways for when the sources ar
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• Water Infrastructure
  ...0,14 $/kg. Unless waste heat is common & inexpensive, (say from a nuclear reactor), it is likely that ice will be melted using either waste heat from undergr
  6 KB (1,037 words) - 08:00, 1 May 2024
• Cooling
  ...350 °K, for an environment at 260 K. This might be used to cool a nuclear reactor, or a Sterling engine using a Brayton cycle.
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• Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators: Advantages and Disadvantages
  ...(RTGs), which harness the heat produced by radioactive decay rather than a nuclear chain reaction. RTGs offer an alternative to the more typical solar power w ...radioactive fuel to generate electricity, they should not be confused with nuclear reactors. The latter harness the energy produced by controlled fission or f
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• Water
  ...he NASA Reference Mission to Mars. This system, the Water Vapor Adsorption Reactor (WAVAR), extracts water vapor from the Martian atmosphere by adsorption in ...c N₂ using a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process Haber reactor] to produce [[ammonia]].
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