How do you send an SUV-sized robot to Mars and still have the power to run all the equipment? Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators–simply put, it’s a Nuclear battery! MMRTG’s use the decay heat of Plutonium 238, turning it into electricity. They can even provide energy for decades. That’s right, decades. The bad news is: we’re almost […]
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