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Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks agoUsually space craft have relatively light power needs so why bother with a whole-ass nuclear reactor when an RTG is smaller, lighter, and has no moving parts? They’re a pretty common choice for space probes, for example.
chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We’re actually running into shortages of Plutonium 238. Which is seriously compromising deep space missions.