Re:NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to Titan
by gene-h on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:43PM
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Interestingly they actually exploit these cold temperatures to keep things cool. The Dragonfly Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer(DraGNS)'s gamma ray detector is mounted outside.[0] In most other probes the detector would need to kept cold with a cryocooler.
[0]https://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/TD/td3403/34_03-Lorenz.pdf
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