To: petuniasevan
RTGs aren't reactors. The heat generated by the decaying plutonium is used to create electrical power for the spacecraft. Any mission that goes past Mars must have RTGs due to the rapid decrease in solar intensity.
MD
22 posted on
04/21/2003 11:53:51 AM PDT by
MikeD
(Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist)
To: MikeD
You're right, of course.
That's what I get for posting at 1:30 AM!
Thanks!
23 posted on
04/21/2003 4:34:23 PM PDT by
petuniasevan
(I'm a lefty. Left-handed. The only kind of lefty I've ever been.)
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