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NASA Halts Work on its New Nuclear Generator for Deep Space Exploration
MSL’s Pu-238 fueled MMRTG in the laboratory. (Credit: NASA).
Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director. The statement outlines some key changes in NASA’s radioisotope program, and will have implications for the future exploration of the outer solar system.
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Post tags: Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator, asrg, future space exploration, mmrtg, nasa future, New Horizons, plutonium, Plutonium production, plutonium space exploration, Pu-23 vs Pu-239, Pu-238, rtg, The Planetary Society
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