the recommendation is RTG + rad-hardened battery, naturally the question of will there be enough RTGs is a perfectly valid one. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/pap

the recommendation is RTG + rad-hardened battery, naturally the question of will there be enough RTGs is a perfectly valid one. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2002/2002.11871.pdf https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2002/2002.11871.pdf for downlink can't they launch a few extra sats that just sit around the Sun and form a big virtual dish (via baseline interferometry or what's that occult DSP magic called these days)?