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In spite of the controversy surrounding the launch of the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn, NASA is likely to stand firm in the use of plutonium-powered radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) for planetary missions beyond Mars, where there is too little sunlight for solar power. Cassini carries...
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