Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
The solution is technology developed in the 1960s based on scientific principles discovered two centuries ago: radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or RTGs. RTGs are essentially nuclear-powered ...