MSL's Power Source |
MSL's Power Source |
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Nov 27 2005, 04:46 PM
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Hi, new here.
I'm wondering if any news has come down about finalizing what MSL will run on? Will it be 2 Boeing's MMRTG (at ~100 watts?) or Lockheed Martin’s SRG (again ~100watts?), have they decided yet? Willl MSL use the RPS to trickle charge a battery or will MSL run on the RPS only? God I hope solar is not a option is anyone pushing for it? |
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Nov 29 2005, 08:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 20-June 04 From: Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Member No.: 86 |
Personally I don't think any anti-RTG-type protesters will be successful. The actual damage done by even the most horrific disaster is too low to be sufficiently scary, and the odds for that most horrific disaster are exceedingly low.
You don't even need an evil nukular power thingy, though. What if the rocket's navigation computers became confused and it slammed into the White House? What if it flew right into the house of your child? Or your workplace? What if the exhaust from the rocket landed in just the right place in your lung and you died? Nobody ever dies! BE AFRAID BE VERY AFRAID, SO VERY AFRAID |
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