>>10398208The primary motivation for building this reactor was a power source for space probes. but I can't show a pic right now
>>10398087>>reactors>>readily used in small electronicsDid you eat a bowl of stupid for breakfast? Have you not heard of critical mass? That you need a minimum amount of fissile material for a self sustaining fission reaction? Oh and let's not forget how bad neutrons are.
>>10398127Not in terms of weight, at least in the outer solar system. Kilopower reactor power to mass is 7We/kg. At jupiter using data from juno, solar power to mass is 1.4 We/kg. Solar panels don't work very well in permanently shadowed craters either