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India won't launch any Pu-238 missions. America and former USSR countries are the countries with any, and America buys it up from anyone in those places. The p
by danielweber 14y ago
India won't launch any Pu-238 missions. America and former USSR countries are the countries with any, and America buys it up from anyone in those places. The planet is probably going to run out unless we start manufacturing more.
And for an orbiter around Mars (like the article said), solar is probably the better choice anyway. I love nuclear power and nuclear propulsion, but it's often overkill. If we knew as much as we did now about Spirit and Opportunity we might have used solar for the MSL mission.