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  • Ah, you have to LOVE nuclear RTG powered spacecraft (Voyager 1)

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 18 13:36:48 2022
    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 18 16:06:08 2022
    On Wed, 18 May 2022 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html

    No, you have to love competent engineering that chooses the
    appropriate power source for the each mission.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Fri May 20 02:27:29 2022
    On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 18:06:11 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 18 May 2022 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html
    No, you have to love competent engineering that chooses the
    appropriate power source for the each mission.


    A mission that would have ended at Mars with solar panels.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 20 08:09:44 2022
    On Fri, 20 May 2022 02:27:29 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 18:06:11 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 18 May 2022 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html
    No, you have to love competent engineering that chooses the
    appropriate power source for the each mission.


    A mission that would have ended at Mars with solar panels.

    Thank you for making my point.

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  • From Scott Kozel@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat May 21 21:46:52 2022
    On Friday, May 20, 2022 at 10:09:47 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 20 May 2022 02:27:29 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 18:06:11 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 18 May 2022 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html >> No, you have to love competent engineering that chooses the
    appropriate power source for the each mission.


    A mission that would have ended at Mars with solar panels.
    Thank you for making my point.

    What would it take to build a 100,000 watt RTG to power a manned Mars base?

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Sat May 21 23:29:32 2022
    On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 1:36:50 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html

    I need one for my home!
    Free energy!
    Gas heating prices doubled.
    Next month water price triples because the drought.
    Ajajaj!
    😭

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun May 22 07:06:29 2022
    On Sat, 21 May 2022 21:46:52 -0700 (PDT), Scott Kozel
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Friday, May 20, 2022 at 10:09:47 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 20 May 2022 02:27:29 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 18:06:11 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 18 May 2022 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    STILL going despite being so far out and for so long.

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/world/nasa-voyager-1-issue-scn/index.html >> >> No, you have to love competent engineering that chooses the
    appropriate power source for the each mission.


    A mission that would have ended at Mars with solar panels.
    Thank you for making my point.

    What would it take to build a 100,000 watt RTG to power a manned Mars base?

    I doubt that would be the right nuclear technology for a 100 kW
    generator.

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