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Rocket Fuel

12/24/2015 7:19 AM

bring on the 238!

akingenergy.com/2015/12/23/u-s-demonstrates-production-of-fuel-for-missions-to-the-solar-system-and-beyond
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12/24/2015 9:06 AM

Link should be:

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/12/23/u-s-demonstrates-production-of-fuel-for-missions-to-the-solar-system-and-beyond/
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12/24/2015 6:34 PM

The title of the article is a bit misleading - the Pu-238 provides electrical power for the on board electronics. It's basically an atomic battery.

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12/24/2015 6:41 PM

ROCKET FUEL is misleading?
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12/25/2015 1:19 PM

Yeah, sorta.

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12/25/2015 1:30 PM

perhaps unenriched 235 is better??
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12/25/2015 6:08 PM

I would hardly think of 110 Watts as "Rocket Power", more like "powering the rocket's electronics"!

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