[tbpiper]

I was working at KSC when we launched the Galileo probe to Jupiter. It created a stink with he enviro=nuts because its power sourst was a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). We jad proteters at the gate for several days many I think was an OWS prototype held up a big sign that said NO RADIATION IN SPACE!!! . I guess he thought the sun was electric.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My Dad was the Program Manager for the RTGs that power the two Mariner-Jupiter-Saturn spacecraft (aka, “Voyager”). Even in the 70s, they had to deal with the protesters because of the plutonium fuel. I clearly remember the engineering efforts they expended to make sure the RTGs could survive a launch vehicle crash.

BTW, that sign is hilarious - “NO RADIATION IN SPACE!!”

It’s COSMIC, MAN!

[chessplayer]

“We jad proteters at the gate for several days many I think was an OWS prototype held up a big sign that said NO RADIATION IN SPACE!!! . I guess he thought the sun was electric.”

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Gotta wonder where the heck these people come from.