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minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-26 days agoPretty much every inter planetary satellite has a reactor for power. Not all reactive material is considered fissile.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoThis is changing as solar panels get lighter and more efficient. Galileo studied Jupiter in the 90s and was powered by an RTG, but Juno and Europa Clipper are both using solar panels to study the same body.
Pretty much every inter planetary satellite has a reactor for power. Not all reactive material is considered fissile.
This is changing as solar panels get lighter and more efficient. Galileo studied Jupiter in the 90s and was powered by an RTG, but Juno and Europa Clipper are both using solar panels to study the same body.