Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo...
by Tade0 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @06:21PM
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> Around the canisters there was no snow for about a 1 m (3.3 ft) radius, and the ground was steaming.
I recall a discussion on HN about securing radioactive waste sites so that future, possibly illiterate, generations would understand the danger and keep off.
Reading this I'm starting to doubt it's possible. I mean, no snow and steaming ground? Clearly suspicious. And this was the 21st century - these people must have been at least vaguely aware that nuclear power exists.
I recall a discussion on HN about securing radioactive waste sites so that future, possibly illiterate, generations would understand the danger and keep off.
Reading this I'm starting to doubt it's possible. I mean, no snow and steaming ground? Clearly suspicious. And this was the 21st century - these people must have been at least vaguely aware that nuclear power exists.