Short of using a LENR type device on board a drone, my guess is they
would use Americium 241 in an Alpha-Voltaic configuration.
At 02:24 PM 4/4/2012, you wrote:
Axil Axil <<mailto:janap...@gmail.com>janap...@gmail.com> wrote:
This huge cost for a nuclear heat source no matter which one they
selected is extreme motivation to use LENR. One Rossi heat unit only
costs a few hundred.
Sure. I can't imagine trying this without LENR. But I expect the
people doing this project have never heard of LENR.
The Sandia document does not say a thing:
<http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sand-uav.pdf>http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sand-uav.pdf
QUOTE:
". . . Various DOE laboratory and contractor personnel and
facilities could have been used to perform detailed engineering,
fabrication, assembly and test operations including follow-on
operational support. None of the results are currently in use by DOE
and it is doubtful that they will be used in the near-term or
mid-term future. Currently, none of the results can be shared openly
with the public due to national security constraints."
- Jed
