Can Nuclear Voltaic Power Get Us to the Stars? Or at least Mars?

How could we power a spaceship or off-world colony for half a century?
Nuclear Voltaic Power could be the answer. China has announced a nuclear battery breakthrough that will allow power production for fifty years, with thousand year batteries possible soon.

Extracredit:
https://electricrocket.org/IEPC/IEPC_2017_296.pdf
https://docslib.org/doc/3544100/history-and-current-status-of-the-microwave-electrothermal-thruster
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/betavoltaic-battery
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