@gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
Post #1402461
2026-04-18 23:56 UTC
RTGs are subject to the issue of half-life - this is a consequence of that type of power source. Though, let’s be honest: we do not have any other sort of power generation technology that would be viable for literal decades on an interstellar space probe. And we definitely didn’t have a better alternative when they were launched.
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@neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-19 00:12
For roughly three milliseconds I thought to myself they shoulda used solar panels instead. “Oh, wait….”
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@SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2026-04-19 02:09
Just use two of them!