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16 plutonium-powered space missions shaping our understanding of space — including the NASA rover that will search for alien life on Mars

of bombs), half of any amount decays within about 87 years. On a spacecraft, Pu-238's decay gives off lasting warmth that helps safeguard fragile electronics. Most importantly, wrapping Pu-238 with thermoelectric materials that convert heat to electricity, forms a bewilderingly long-lasting power source.of Pu-238 left to put inside a spacecraft — enough for another two or three spacecraft.

By 1988, dozens of similar spacecraft — four of them using nuclear power sources — made up a rudimentary satellite navigation network. The map of the anomalies became the first of Earth's geoid, a representation of the planet's true gravitational shape. It's now essential to correcting the orbits of satellites.Apollo 11 astronauts in July 1969 dropped off about 1.2 ounces of Pu-238 on the moon.

 

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