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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: Mars Simulation in Antarctica
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.054544.15772@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:45:44 GMT
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- In article <17547@mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) writes:
- > At one point I believe that the US was operating a small nuclear
- >reactor as a source of power and heat in one of their Antarctic bases. Does
- >anyone know the details - this would be highly relevant to moon and or mars
- >bases (which of course would have to however have alternate methods of
- >rejecting heat).
-
- MacMurdo Station, the main US base in the Antarctic, used to operate
- such a reactor. It was _not_ a space-related system such as the SNAP
- designs, just an ordinary, small, Earth-based system. I don't know
- if it is still opperational, but I doubt the assertion that Antarctica
- is now a "nuclear free zone": The only treaty on the subject of the
- antarctic is about 30 years old, and make no mention of such a thing
- (In fact, I _think_ the treaty pre-dates the reactor at MacMurdo...)
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
-