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A comment on NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to Titan. Parent comment

Re:NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to Titan by rzimmerman on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:06PM (#20307157)
That's a good point - the "waste" heat from an RTG (which is only about 5% efficient) is very useful in those extreme cold temperatures.
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Re:NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to Titan by greglindahl on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:07PM (#20309896)
NASA makes a smaller RTGs for heating tasks, they can scale smaller if they don’t need to generate electricity.
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