The most amazing thing about the mechanism is that its size increases significantly while it is in space and remains stable for long periods of time.
ExoMars – Planeta Marte
British Space Agency Pulsar Fusion In August, nuclear fusion began Journey to Mars In half the time with the aim of increasing the number of space missions. Now, in the midst of the race for the neighboring planet, a group of Chinese scientists say They have already successfully tested their new invention, Capable of going to Mars and back in just three months.
Newspaper South China Morning Post It reveals that the prototype of this engine A lithium-cooled nuclear reactor what Increases its size In an enormous way when it is in space – that is, when it is solid on the surface of the earth, in space it begins to unfold and take a form. Big 20 storey building-, while stable work A long time And, looking to the future, it will inspire Interplanetary travel Thanks to its 1.5 MW fusion reactor.
China is building a machine to reach Mars.
Now the big question is, How will you reach your goal of going to Mars and back in three months? Its design creates a furnace system “Easy to load and launch with a rocket”Besides, his through power make it possible Round trip transportation Because nuclear fission can generate up to 1,276 degrees Celsius at its core. Uranium fuel.
That way, “intense heat expands the liquid forms of the inert elements helium and xenon until they become volatile,” the paper explains. gases, Promotion generator. In this way, the chain reaction will produce fast neutrons, allowing a Efficient and continuous electricity At least ten years.”
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Fine tuning
Regarding the source, the Chinese newspaper says Motor Passed initial tests on Earth and “confirmed some of the results Technical solutions Force invented by Chinese scientists and engineers to reduce one megawatt reactor Size without precedents”.
China rocket launch. Photo: Reuters.
For its part, functional tests were carried out integrated system, “Lithium-cooled circuit, including coupling of heat transfer between primary and secondary circuits and a closed Brayton power generation system.” In conclusion, the Results “gave a preliminary demonstration of Credibility Integrating a lithium-based cooling system with a Brayton generator.
Chinese scientists say, “It's possible Chinese energy demand Nuclear fission grows significantly around 2035”Although “There's still a lot to do” – Practical verification of on-board technologies and hardware, testing the safety of nuclear reactors during launch and operation, and integrating artificial intelligence to automatically detect and resolve any failures.
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He cohete starship It is fundamental to the plans of NASA To carry astronauts Luna By the end of this decade, as well as for the SpaceX CEO's optimism, Elon Muskof Colonize Mars.
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches. Photo: REUTERS.
when Russia It restarted its nuclear-powered space shuttle program from the era cold war, Taking that into account US government It expressed concern over Russia's efforts to launch a nuclear-powered weapon platform into low-Earth orbit.
Also, the design works Nuclear Reactor 20 kW NASABuilt by Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse and the new private company IX 2025 Send this device Luna At the turn of the decade 2030.
