{"id":245357,"date":"2018-01-19T09:50:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T07:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=245357"},"modified":"2018-01-19T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T07:51:20","slug":"nasa-testing-nuclear-reactor-for-mars-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/science\/245357-nasa-testing-nuclear-reactor-for-mars-habitat.html","title":{"rendered":"NASA testing nuclear reactor for Mars habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Department of Energy are testing a small nuclear reactor for use on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The Kilopower reactor aims to generate a reliable power supply for a long-term habitat on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Its compact size and durability means it can be transported to the surface of Mars, with multiple high-power versions required to power a large habitat.<\/p>\n<p>The Kilopower reactor has been successfully tested at various power levels, and researchers plan to conduct a full-power test in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdMzFQOABcQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/240578-spacex-will-launch-a-tesla-roadster-to-mars.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">SpaceX will launch a Tesla Roadster to Mars<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from NASA are testing a small nuclear reactor for use on Mars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":245361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31750],"tags":[48407,14175,761,48409,10154],"class_list":["post-245357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-kilopower","tag-mars","tag-nasa","tag-nucelar-reactor","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245381,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245357\/revisions\/245381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}