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Probably an RTG [1], it's what NASA normally uses. It's thermoelectric [2]: Heat (in this case from radioactive decay) is converted directly into electricity wi
by petascale 7y ago
Probably an RTG [1], it's what NASA normally uses. It's thermoelectric [2]: Heat (in this case from radioactive decay) is converted directly into electricity without moving parts.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect#Seebeck_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect#Seebeck_...