According to preliminary calculations, in order to reach the red planet, at least five such installations. The very design of the model has very few moving parts, and because of its size is surprisingly compact. The power of the engine is capable of producing tens of kilowatts of energy, which should provide the first missionaries on Mars necessary to settle on the surface of the planet.

Full-scale testing of the nuclear reactor should begin in March 2018.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", recently scientists said that under the surface of Mars at a depth of one to two meters, there are extensive layers of pure water ice up to 100 meters. The findings of the researchers were published in the journal Science.