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IIRC long ago a US RTG ended up in the ocean due to launch failure, only to be recovered and sussessfully re-launched on a new satellite. These things are toug
by m4rtink 7y ago
IIRC long ago a US RTG ended up in the ocean due to launch failure, only to be recovered and sussessfully re-launched on a new satellite.
These things are tough! And also expensive, so you might as well reuse them once they shrug off the rocket exploding under them.