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nategri | 6 years ago

Sounds like it might be a good pick as the energy source for an extremely long haul interstellar probe?

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FrojoS|6 years ago

It's already used (minus the diamond casing), e.g. in the Curiosity mars rover, or the Voyager probes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)#Specificatio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...

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