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To: blueplum
A big shout-out to my Dad who led the development program at General Electric to build the Radioisotope Thermal Generators (RTGs) that are still powering the Voyager spacecraft. I was in college when he was running that program. Dad passed 19 years ago -- Well Done, Dad!


28 posted on 11/03/2020 2:53:55 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Helluva legacy...


31 posted on 11/03/2020 2:54:51 PM PST by chrisser
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well Done, Dad!

Amen.

You should be very proud!


39 posted on 11/03/2020 3:00:21 PM PST by Dacula ( If you won the lottery, would you mail in your ticket or go in person? Remember that when you vote.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Wow! Well done, Dad, indeed!

I find this all .. as Spock would say ... “Fascinating”

(but I can’t do the one eyebrow raise thing)!


40 posted on 11/03/2020 3:01:36 PM PST by twyn1
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Now that is awesome!


46 posted on 11/03/2020 3:12:33 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Your Dad rocks.

Now why can’t I have one of those RTG thingies powering my fridge?


51 posted on 11/03/2020 3:17:51 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Cool! I’m sure your father looked back on that project with great pride.


54 posted on 11/03/2020 3:23:03 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Looking at that diagram - is that a Beryllium Sphere?

Tech Sgt. Chen would be proud...


61 posted on 11/03/2020 3:36:35 PM PST by Old Sarge (I don't trust you. I will never trust you.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Too cool!

When we’re looking for hope, here’s a story for us.


65 posted on 11/03/2020 3:39:43 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.p)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

American badass


72 posted on 11/03/2020 3:55:04 PM PST by daku
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Wow!


85 posted on 11/03/2020 4:39:55 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

WOW now that is something to be proud of!!


103 posted on 11/03/2020 7:56:56 PM PST by Darth Mall
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