News tagged with plutonium 238
Fuel for deep space exploration running on empty
(AP) -- NASA is running out of nuclear fuel needed for its deep space exploration.
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May 07, 2009 |
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LAMIS -- a green chemistry alternative for laser spectroscopy
At some point this year, after NASA's rover Curiosity has landed on Mars, a laser will fire a beam of infrared light at a rock or soil sample. This will "ablate" or vaporize a microgram-sized piece of the ...
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye
March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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AVIATR: An Airplane Mission for Titan
It has been said that the atmosphere on Titan is so dense that a person could strap a pair of wings on their back and soar through its skies.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Mars 'Curiosity' has ORNL tech
The Curiosity rover that was launched toward Mars over the Thanksgiving holiday includes a significant contribution from ORNL and DOE. The mobile instrument platform, which is too large to rely on solar-powered ...
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Nov 29, 2011 |
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Voyager set to enter interstellar space
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system. Not only that, they're still working. And with each passing day they are beaming ...
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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Physics for safer ports: New technology uses nuclear 'fingerprints' to scan cargo ships
While 700 million travelers undergo TSA's intrusive scans and pat-downs each year, 11 million cargo containers enter American ports with little screening at all. And the volume of those containers, roughly ...
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Safe Nuclear Power and Green Hydrogen Fuel
Nuclear power is being shunned. It’s not surprising, after the serious accident at Chernobyl in 1986 that made the Russian city’s name synonymous with disaster. The potential exists for more of the same and ...
Dec 11, 2005 |
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