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Space, the final frontier

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[–] Moosemouse@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

RTGs are the only way to go out past the asteroid belt until we figure out viable and compact fusion, so improvements in heat to electricity conversions gives me hope for more capable probes in the future with large power budgets.