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wtcactus
8 months ago
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xAI joins SpaceX
No. Otherwise how would you power them? We could use nuclear power methods, like we did in the Voyagers for instance. But the press release doesn’t mention that and, for a constellation of satellites around the earth, it would be a terrible idea.
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8 months ago
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NASA doesn't have enough radioactive material for its current needs, RTG is used only for missions far from Sun (and Earth).
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