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Actually the RTG fuel capsule thermal and mechanical protection is so good, that when the Nimbus B satellite fell into the ocean due to a launch failure, they r
by m4rtink 6y ago
Actually the RTG fuel capsule thermal and mechanical protection is so good, that when the Nimbus B satellite fell into the ocean due to a launch failure, they recovered it's RTG power source from the ocean floor and relaunched it on Nimbus 3:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_B
- Teknoman117 6y agoIf I recall correctly, the RTG that was on Apollo 13's Lunar Module also survived reentry (since they dumped it into Earth's atmosphere after using it as a life boat). It's intact somewhere on the bottom of the ocean.