Beanface42 (@beanface42)

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

3mo

HAHAHA FUCK SpaceX just launched a nuclear powered satellite.

www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-just-launched-the-1st-ever-nuclear-powered-commercial-satellite

Sounds like this particular satellite is tiny and doesn't have a lot of tritium on board but HOLY SHIT this is a bad precedent.

Beanface42 @beanface42@peculiar.florist

3mo

@sundogplanets there is plenty of decommissioned nuclear powered satellites up there, mostly from the Soviet era. This is the first commercial satellite which is nuclear-powered.

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