NASA Pushes New Power Systems For Planetary Missions

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON — Despite a bleak budget outlook, NASA’s planetary sciences program is pushing ahead with plans to revive the production of Plutonium-238 through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as well as develop a pair of Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRGs) to power yet-to-be-selected...

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