Re:How The New Mars Rover’s Power Supply (Plutonium Dioxide)...
by yread on Monday November 21, 2011 @11:29AM
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I wonder if it was a good idea to use the blue light "to see what they are doing" as Cherenkov radiation they would see in case of a radioactive leak[1] would also be blue.
If it works at least as well as the one on Voyager it should be good for 40 years!
If it works at least as well as the one on Voyager it should be good for 40 years!
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiânia_accident