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Comment USB-C The Standard With Too Many Standards (Score 1) 241

The port itself should have a positive locking feature. As for the rest, there are two many standards for high-power delivery. Perhaps it would have made sense to put a dedicated pair of 12-volt pins on it, and be done. I understand that USB is a high speed port, but, the cables don't seem to last any longer than MicroUSB.

Comment There are issues... (Score 1) 47

Radiation is an issue because--you can only get so far from something while still being connected to it, and lead and other high density shielding in space is an issue. It takes at least 5 feet of water or 8 feet of magnetite concrete to shield a reactor.

There also is an issue whereas radiation causes molecular dislocations which cause embrittlement cracks in metals. Unlike Wigner effects the carbon in reactors, you just can't run a bake cycle during the flight to fix it. Metal cracks would be a problem with any spacecraft as they are build down to the gram, and have to endure temperature exteams.

Perhaps the people who want to nuclear everything could donate some money to clean up after the last people who did.

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