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Here's some more about the RTGs: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/spacecraftlife.html http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/spacecraftlife.html They us
by mturmon 16y ago
Here's some more about the RTGs:
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/spacecraftlife.html http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/spacecraftlife.html
They used to provide about 470W, now it is down to the mid-200s.
- dublinclontarf 16y agoCould one of these ("nuclear batteries") be used to power one of those exoskeletons from Lockheed or Raytheon?
- burgerbrain 16y agoIt's been a while since I worked the numbers, but I believe that humans regularly put out more power than that during daily activities. Assuming the exoskeleton was extremely efficient, it wouldn't really get you all that much advantage.
- cullenking 16y agoA cyclist working hard will put out 300ish watts, so, during daily activities, unless you are talking extremely short bursts like lifting/jumping, we put out much less. Store a good amount of power in some capacitor system and that would be enough to power an exoskeleton I bet.
- mturmon 16y agoThe mass of a Voyager RTG putting out 158W is about 38 kg (84lb). (It looks like Voyager used 3 of these RTGs.) Seems like they would be too heavy for your purpose. It seems the Galileo RTGs were more powerful: 300 W in 56 kg (123 lb). This is still pretty heavy but maybe getting in there.