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It will be far bigger. Its mostly solar panels.
Or one of those mini nuclear reactors they are working on
If we did make something like that, could you even put it on a disposable dish meant to burn up in the atmosphere after 5ish years? There's already uncertainty about all the dishes burning up and long term impacts, but a mini nuclear reactor?
No. At least historically they went the opposite way: the nuclear materials be contained well enough to survive reentry and impact