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handofdave
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Re: WTF?
Mar 15, 2011, 00:02
Squid Tempest wrote:
Merrick wrote:
...it's the least bang for the most bucks outside of fossils


Or, potentially, the most bang of all fuels. IYSWIM.



It is the best thing for powering robots in deep space (or deep diving subs, or anything else that needs to work for extended periods without refueling). The Voyager spacecraft were launched in the seventies, and are still operating and sending back signals from the boundary between the solar system and the interstellar medium. That they are working at all is directly due to the warmth the onboard nuke generator supplies.

It's clear that despite all the safeguards, nuke energy is still very a dangerous beast that's NOT easy to put back in it's cage when it breaks out. I'm not convinced by the experts I'm hearing who are downplaying the risks... I think they're overconfident of their containment's integrity (giant hydrogen explosions outside the vessels aren't weaking them?)
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