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New 250-watt nuclear generator targets Uranus space missions

NASA could soon gain a more powerful energy source for missions far beyond Mars after a next-generation nuclear…
#Nuclear #deepspacemissions #nasa #nuclear #Nucleargenerator #nuclearspacepower #plutonium-238 #radioisotopethermoelectricgenerator #rtg #Uranusorbiter
https://www.europesays.com/2992259/

New 250-watt nuclear generator targets Uranus space missions https://www.byteseu.com/2023184/ #DeepSpaceMissions #NASA #Nuclear #NuclearGenerator #NuclearSpacePower #Plutonium238 #RadioisotopeThermoelectricGenerator #rtg #UranusOrbiter

4 out of 5 #Uranus #moons likely to have #ocean under crust
A preview of what #UranusOrbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s
The #water is believed to be located between the core and icy crusts in oceans 30km deep for moons Ariel and #Umbriel, and less than 50m for #Titania and #Oberon.
It's not uncommon to find water in dwarf #planets and moons. For example, #dwarfplanets #Ceres and #Pluto, as well as #Saturn's moon #Mimas, have all shown evidence of liquid water.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/05/four_out_of_five_uranus/

4 out of 5 #Uranus #moons likely to have #ocean under crust
A preview of what #UranusOrbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s
The #water is believed to be located between the core and icy crusts in oceans 30km deep for moons Ariel and #Umbriel, and less than 50m for #Titania and #Oberon.
It's not uncommon to find water in dwarf #planets and moons. For example, #dwarfplanets #Ceres and #Pluto, as well as #Saturn's moon #Mimas, have all shown evidence of liquid water.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/05/four_out_of_five_uranus/

4 out of 5 #Uranus #moons likely to have #ocean under crust
A preview of what #UranusOrbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s
The #water is believed to be located between the core and icy crusts in oceans 30km deep for moons Ariel and #Umbriel, and less than 50m for #Titania and #Oberon.
It's not uncommon to find water in dwarf #planets and moons. For example, #dwarfplanets #Ceres and #Pluto, as well as #Saturn's moon #Mimas, have all shown evidence of liquid water.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/05/four_out_of_five_uranus/

4 out of 5 #Uranus #moons likely to have #ocean under crust
A preview of what #UranusOrbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s
The #water is believed to be located between the core and icy crusts in oceans 30km deep for moons Ariel and #Umbriel, and less than 50m for #Titania and #Oberon.
It's not uncommon to find water in dwarf #planets and moons. For example, #dwarfplanets #Ceres and #Pluto, as well as #Saturn's moon #Mimas, have all shown evidence of liquid water.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/05/four_out_of_five_uranus/

4 out of 5 #Uranus #moons likely to have #ocean under crust
A preview of what #UranusOrbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s
The #water is believed to be located between the core and icy crusts in oceans 30km deep for moons Ariel and #Umbriel, and less than 50m for #Titania and #Oberon.
It's not uncommon to find water in dwarf #planets and moons. For example, #dwarfplanets #Ceres and #Pluto, as well as #Saturn's moon #Mimas, have all shown evidence of liquid water.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/05/four_out_of_five_uranus/

Limited availability of #plutonium could push back a proposed #NASA mission to #Uranus to the latter half of the 2030s. Last year's planetary science decadal survey recommended NASA develop a #UranusOrbiter and Probe mission for launch as soon as 2031. NASA has sufficient plutonium to power the #Dragonfly mission to #Titan, launching in 2027.

https://spacenews.com/plutonium-availability-constrains-plans-for-future-planetary-missions/