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>>14675950
>RTGs
>Bulldozers use ~2-700 kW
Ain't gonna happen. Now, I'm all for scaling up a kilopower like design and shoving it in earth moving equipment, but I kind of doubt people will really go for that.

I humbly suggest some kind of power generation gas turbine. They're small, powerful, run on a variety of fuels, and efficient. Using them in a thin atmosphere that contains no readily available oxidizer is a huge challenge, for combustion and for cooling, but if you want big power, reliably, it's the way to go. Your rockets need oxidizer and some kind of fuel, just pump those into your turbine, bing bang boom.