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| From | Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? |
| Date | 2016-07-12 16:37 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <nm2vb6$lbj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <nm2te0$1qo8$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
On 07/12/2016 04:04 PM, Sergio wrote: > Radiation and solar panels > It appears radiation will damage the solar panels. It is expected this > will lead to progressively less power to the spacecraft over the > mission, thus shortening the length of the mission. It would be > interesting to know why the designers chose this vs. a nuclear powered > craft which could last longer. -- GreenC 14:42, 5 July 2016 (UTC) > > > Cant find any news older than July 5th 2016 Critical point may be the limited availability of 238Pu, the major radionuclide used in Radioisotope thermoelectric generators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238#Production
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Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-07-12 09:04 -0500
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 16:37 +0200
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 11:38 -0700
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 21:55 +0200
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? pnalsing@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 17:00 -0700
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 17:52 -0700
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 17:54 -0700
Re: Why wasn't Juno nuclear powered? no news since July 4th ? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 16:11 -0700
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