Los Alamos National Laboratory: Podcast Explains How Plutonium Powers Mars Exploration
August 14, 2020
August 14, 2020
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release:
To have dependable power to explore the the frigid surface of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is equipped with a type of power system called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)--which is what the latest episode of Mars Technica will tell listeners all about.
"An RTG is essentially a nuclear battery that uses heat f . . .
To have dependable power to explore the the frigid surface of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is equipped with a type of power system called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)--which is what the latest episode of Mars Technica will tell listeners all about.
"An RTG is essentially a nuclear battery that uses heat f . . .