Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

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On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 10:23:26 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

Buy some from Iran?
🤣🤣🤣

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On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:23:26 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

Rockets _have_ been known to blow up on the launch pad.

Thus, choosing to minimize risk to the public by using RTGs with
plutonium only when absolutely necessary... is an entirely reasonable
decision, consonant with maintaining wide public support for the
space program.

I agree that there is anti-nuclear hysteria out there, which is a serious problem for dealing effectively with climate change, but this is, I think,
a small matter.

John Savard

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On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power source
for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

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Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power
source for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs,
generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly woulnd't
still be operating with solar panels.

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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On Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 7:16:11 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power source
for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Then why to use Plutonium on Mars rovers?
So, they can run 24/7 and don't have to worry about dust build up on solar panels.

Terminator had it too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvdKHMF7Ak

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On Sunday, 3 October 2021 at 10:16:11 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power source
for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

How much power out there? You need large, ungainly panels whereas with this probe, solar makes sense:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58754882

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On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 15:08:41 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Sunday, 3 October 2021 at 10:16:11 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power source
for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs, generally capable of
generating a lot more power.

How much power out there? You need large, ungainly panels whereas with this probe, solar makes sense:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58754882

Panels in space, with a probe like this, aren't "ungainly".

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On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power
source for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs,
generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly woulnd't
still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't! That's all part of the engineering design,
after all.

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On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 14:12:06 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 7:16:11 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power source
for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs, generally capable of
generating a lot more power.

Then why to use Plutonium on Mars rovers?
So, they can run 24/7 and don't have to worry about dust build up on solar panels.

Terminator had it too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvdKHMF7Ak

Yes, the mission design has the rover operating in cold and dark. It
comes at a cost, though, of having less power. So they use the RTG to
charge up batteries when the load is otherwise low, and then they can
draw the extra power from there if necessary. And, of course, the RTG
adds a lot of cost to the mission, which meant tradeoffs elsewhere.

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Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power
source for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs,
generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly woulnd't
still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

But then, today is a day that ends in "y."

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)

Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

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On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power
source for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs,
generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly woulnd't
still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

Try reading. It was a response to your comment. Quoted.

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Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:n04nlg1ei30u0egegi2f0ttrjk5jqheen6@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great
power source for many missions, much less expensive than
RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly
woulnd't still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

Try reading. It was a response to your comment. Quoted.

So you have no idea what you're jibbering about either, eh?

Again, why what aren't whay? Why the Voyagers aren't still
operating? Why the Voyagers aren't designed with solar panels? I
have no idea what you'er jibbering about. And clearly, neither do
you.

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)

Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

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On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:52:26 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:n04nlg1ei30u0egegi2f0ttrjk5jqheen6@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great
power source for many missions, much less expensive than
RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly
woulnd't still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

Try reading. It was a response to your comment. Quoted.

So you have no idea what you're jibbering about either, eh?

Again, why what aren't whay? Why the Voyagers aren't still
operating? Why the Voyagers aren't designed with solar panels? I
have no idea what you'er jibbering about. And clearly, neither do
you.

Are you brain damaged?

You said, "The Voyagers certainly woulnd't [sic] still be operating
with solar panels." To which I replied, "Which is why they aren't!"

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Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:ahsnlg5vck4i65vsjqo4ojpb86t03jark1@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:52:26 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:n04nlg1ei30u0egegi2f0ttrjk5jqheen6@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great
power source for many missions, much less expensive than
RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly
woulnd't still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

Try reading. It was a response to your comment. Quoted.

So you have no idea what you're jibbering about either, eh?

Again, why what aren't whay? Why the Voyagers aren't still
operating? Why the Voyagers aren't designed with solar panels? I
have no idea what you'er jibbering about. And clearly, neither
do you.

Are you brain damaged?

You're projecting. Again.

You said, "The Voyagers certainly woulnd't [sic] still be
operating with solar panels." To which I replied, "Which is why
they aren't!"

Now that wasn't so hard, was it?

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)

Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

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On Monday, October 4, 2021 at 4:46:06 PM UTC-6, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:

Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116f...@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmf...@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rande...@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great power
source for many missions, much less expensive than RTGs,
generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly woulnd't
still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

His sentence is perfectly understandable as a reply from
context. Which is why the Voyager space probes aren't
operating with solar panels; *they* needed to use RTGs,
and so RTGs were used for the Voyager probes, which _did_
need them.

John Savard

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On Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:15:26 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:ahsnlg5vck4i65vsjqo4ojpb86t03jark1@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:52:26 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:n04nlg1ei30u0egegi2f0ttrjk5jqheen6@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>>>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great
power source for many missions, much less expensive than
RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly
woulnd't still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

Try reading. It was a response to your comment. Quoted.

So you have no idea what you're jibbering about either, eh?

Again, why what aren't whay? Why the Voyagers aren't still
operating? Why the Voyagers aren't designed with solar panels? I
have no idea what you'er jibbering about. And clearly, neither
do you.

Are you brain damaged?

You're projecting. Again.

You said, "The Voyagers certainly woulnd't [sic] still be
operating with solar panels." To which I replied, "Which is why
they aren't!"

Now that wasn't so hard, was it?

What? Repeating exactly what was already there because you couldn't
read it the first time?

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Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:9kcrlg1dtrnjmhf5pni6tp1he6lh5utpl8@4ax.com:

On Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:15:26 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:ahsnlg5vck4i65vsjqo4ojpb86t03jark1@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:52:26 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>news:n04nlg1ei30u0egegi2f0ttrjk5jqheen6@4ax.com:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:59 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>>news:ctvmlgd9jvq9q116flntjiomsinuatqmv5@4ax.com:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:59:56 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
<taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>>>>news:gnejlg1vsjed5qhmfjn5gfenta6q519v5s@4ax.com:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:23:24 -0700 (PDT), RichA
<rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

Lack of Plutonium is hurting NASA.

How is it hurting the mission? Solar panels are a great
power source for many missions, much less expensive than
RTGs, generally capable of generating a lot more power.

Depends on how far you're going. The Voyagers certainly >>>>>>>>woulnd't still be operating with solar panels.

Which is why they aren't!

Why what aren't what? You're incoherent.

Try reading. It was a response to your comment. Quoted.

So you have no idea what you're jibbering about either, eh?

Again, why what aren't whay? Why the Voyagers aren't still
operating? Why the Voyagers aren't designed with solar panels?
I have no idea what you'er jibbering about. And clearly,
neither do you.

Are you brain damaged?

You're projecting. Again.

You said, "The Voyagers certainly woulnd't [sic] still be
operating with solar panels." To which I replied, "Which is
why they aren't!"

Now that wasn't so hard, was it?

What? Repeating exactly what was already there

Liar.

But then, you do that.

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)

Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

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Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in news:f035aa2a-f924-4d49-8c81-80038e59de14n@googlegroups.com:

On Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 12:44:21 PM UTC-6, Jibini Kula
Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:

Liar.

The only thing he did differently the second time was

Explain what wasn't doing what, unlike the first time.

Dude's a moron, and deranged.

--
Terry Austin

Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)

Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB

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On Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 12:44:21 PM UTC-6, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:

Liar.

The only thing he did differently the second time was explicitly state that
his reply to the statement it replied to was a reply to it. But as his reply was
in the conventional position for a reply, that didn't constitute the disclosure of an additional material fact.

John Savard

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https://youtu.be/oh2Sj_QpZOA

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On Friday, October 8, 2021 at 3:43:37 PM UTC-7, fred k. engels® wrote:

https://youtu.be/oh2Sj_QpZOA

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SkyNews = FOXNews!

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