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NASA engineers figure human expeditions to Mars will require a system capable of generating about 40 kilowatts of power, which is about what is needed for "about eight houses on Earth," according to the agency. "At that point, we were trying to find a small fission reactor that could provide similar power output as the radioisotope power systems," Mason said. NASA’s interest in fission resurfaced after a 2010 study that looked at options for RTG systems. Thermal simulators will be used for the balance of the engines to verify the reactor’s power output, Mason said in an interview with.
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The test reactor, which is about 6.5 feet tall (1.9 meters), is designed to produce up to 1 kilowatt of electric power, but to keep costs down, the test unit does not include a full array of Stirling engines to convert energy generated by the fission process into heat. After that, NASA would be ready to proceed with developing a higher-fidelity system for testing on Mars or elsewhere, Mason said. The tests in September are designed to validate Kilopower’s design and performance. "It'll be the first time that we operate a fission reactor that could be used in space since 1960s SNAP program," said Lee Mason, who oversees power and energy storage technology development at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The project is costing about $15 million. 30, 2017, the end of the current fiscal year. Three years ago, the agency’s Game Changing Development program backed Kilopower, with the goal of building and testing a small fission reactor by Sept. NASA has funded several nuclear power technology efforts in the 50 years since SNAP, but financial, political and technical issues stymied development. (Image credit: NASA) Nuclear power revival Here, engineers exposed the system to shocks and vibrations expected to occur during a launch into space and subsequent maneuvering.
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A photograph of the SNAP-8 generator from the Lewis Research Center, part of NASA's Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP) program.