nuclear powered space lab
Central Florida News 13,: "NASA Faces Questions Over Powering of Mars Science Lab
NASA is planning to send a science laboratory to Mars. It will draw its electrical power either from a nuclear generator or solar arrays, and local residents have a chance to weigh in today.
The worry is the potential danger of launching the Mars Science Laboratory with a plutonium-powered generator, which is NASA's preferred method of powering the craft.
Launch of the big Mars rover is set for sometime between September and November 2009 on an Atlas 5 rocket.
Safety studies by NASA and the Department of Energy show there is a 1 in 420 chance of an accident early in the flight resulting in a release of radioactive material over communities near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station"
NASA is planning to send a science laboratory to Mars. It will draw its electrical power either from a nuclear generator or solar arrays, and local residents have a chance to weigh in today.
The worry is the potential danger of launching the Mars Science Laboratory with a plutonium-powered generator, which is NASA's preferred method of powering the craft.
Launch of the big Mars rover is set for sometime between September and November 2009 on an Atlas 5 rocket.
Safety studies by NASA and the Department of Energy show there is a 1 in 420 chance of an accident early in the flight resulting in a release of radioactive material over communities near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station"
posted by Greta Jane at Wednesday, September 27, 2006
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