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Plutonium Shortage Threatens Future Deep Space Missions
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Running Short on Fuel, Europeans Turn to Smoke-Detector Tech for Deep-Space...
Fuel ShortageDwindling supplies of plutonium-238, the fuel NASA uses to launch probes into deep space and to power Mars rovers, threaten to set back some missions for a decade.Los Alamos National...
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NASA Resumes Production Of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years
Looks Like Jell-O, Tastes Like Space FuelA pellet of plutonium-238, the fuel source used in much of NASA's space exploration.Los Alamos National LaboratoryOur dangerously depleted supply of spacecraft...
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Plutonium Shortage Threatens Future Deep Space Missions
Fuel Shortage Dwindling supplies of plutonium-238, the fuel NASA uses to launch probes into deep space and to power Mars rovers, threaten to set back some missions for a decade. Los Alamos National...
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Running Short on Fuel, Europeans Turn to Smoke-Detector Tech for Deep-Space...
Fuel Shortage Dwindling supplies of plutonium-238, the fuel NASA uses to launch probes into deep space and to power Mars rovers, threaten to set back some missions for a decade. Los Alamos National...
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NASA Resumes Production Of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years
Looks Like Jell-O, Tastes Like Space Fuel A pellet of plutonium-238, the fuel source used in much of NASA's space exploration. Los Alamos National Laboratory For the first time in more than two...
View ArticlePlutonium Shortage Threatens Future Deep Space Missions
Imagine you're driving across the Mojave Desert, and somewhere in the middle of absolutely nowhere you realize that the next gas station is further away than your car can…
View ArticleRunning Short on Fuel, Europeans Turn to Smoke-Detector Tech for Deep-Space...
As rare-earth metals become less common, and as nuclear non-proliferation treaties proliferate, it may get harder to send probes into deep space. Preparing for that eventuality, the European Space...
View ArticleNASA Resumes Production Of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years
For the first time in more than two decades, the United States can put a "Made in the USA" stamp on non-weapons grade plutonium, Discovery News reports. Plutonium-238 is…
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Few materials in the universe are in as short supply as plutonium-238--the hot, radioactive material NASA uses to power its pluckiest spacecraft. It's estimated only 77…
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Plutonium-238 Is Produced In America For The First Time In Almost 30 Years
Jason Richards/ORNLPlutonium-238The recently created plutonium-238 oxide in a 'hot cell' at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Plutonium-238 is the fuel that is driving the Mars rover Curiosity across the...
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Plutonium Shortage Threatens Future Deep Space Missions
Technology Imagine you're driving across the Mojave Desert, and somewhere in the middle of absolutely nowhere you realize that the next gas station is further away than your car can… Imagine you're...
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Running Short on Fuel, Europeans Turn to Smoke-Detector Tech for Deep-Space...
Technology As rare-earth metals become less common, and as nuclear non-proliferation treaties proliferate, it may get harder to send probes into deep space. Preparing for that… As rare-earth metals...
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NASA Resumes Production Of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years
Science Our dangerously depleted supply of spacecraft fuel just got a little bump from the Department of Energy. For the first time in more than two decades, the United States can put a "Made in the...
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NASA Can Make 3 More Nuclear Batteries, And That's It
Space Plutonium-238 is still in really short supply Few materials in the universe are in as short supply as plutonium-238--the hot, radioactive material NASA uses to power its pluckiest spacecraft....
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Plutonium-238 Is Produced In America For The First Time In Almost 30 Years
Space Made in the USA Plutonium-238 is the fuel that is driving the Mars rover Curiosity across the Martian landscape, and is still powering the Voyager probe into the depths of space 38 years…...
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