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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 11:27 PM Original message |
10 pounds of plutonium dioxide (nuclear fuel for probe) to be launched next week to Mars. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amazing, absolutely amazing! n/t |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Cool, but I hope it doesn't screw up. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do they have to sling shot this one like Cassini? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. No, it's going straight to Mars. Mars is a much closer trip than Saturn. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I am not over being pissed back then. :) |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Just for clarification... It's an RTG, not a Reactor. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. IIRC the Voyagers are also plutonium powered |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Those two probes put the energizer bunny to shame. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. Solar Panels? |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. But if things do go wrong....that's a lot of radioactive shit in the sky..... |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Nope. |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You are 100% incorrect |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. The casks containing the nuclear material are designed to withstand massive failures. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. As already stated, a rocket explosion won't compromise and RTG |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, I remember the protests about the RTGs on Cassini, too. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. +1, thanks for the pic. |
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