These days lasers are about 30-50% efficient, so only 200-300 kW are needed. That's the output of a <400 horsepower engine.
Watch:
piped.video/8VLovd9bS5U
I wonder if the containerization of non-traditional items like this will spur the development of alternative container lengths. Right now, the main lengths we have is the 20 and 40 footer.
I've always said that the future is modular
That's just the reactor though, it would need concrete containment structure, heat exchangers, boiler, steam turbine and generators to generate power
We need “factory in a container” to establish manufacturing on the lunar surface. Plug and play modules that connect in series. Raw materials in one end and finished product out the other end.
It's comforting that all of the progress and innovation and cutting edge tech happens all the time and what keeps the world and civilization going strong is putting stuff in various standardized boxes and finding ways to move those boxes quicker and cheaper