XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Yes, I know, and there also have been lots of tiny research reactors   
   >built in the last 70 years or so.   
   >   
   >The point is not whether of not a reactor of any given size can be built,   
   >but that doing useful things takes lots of power when the only power   
   >you have is electricity.   
   >   
   >So what's the plan for this colony on Mars, ship some number of large   
   >reactors in pieces and assemble on Mars or ship lots of prebuilt small   
   >reactors?   
   >   
      
   You only need large reactors if you're providing power to millions of   
   people.  Oddly, you're the only one who thinks we're going to START   
   colonizing by dropping the equivalent of Pennsylvania on Mars.   
      
      
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