Re: [PLUG] Dormant since 1980

[Eric Lucas <eric@lucii.org>]

The main issue is that the power comes from a RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator).  It's 

basically a stack of Plutonium discs inside a cyllinder of thermocouples.

When it leaves earth it's hot hot hot but as the plutonium decays, the heat and therefore the power, 

drops.  

By the time they reach another star system they will primarily be inert lead discs (LONG TIME.)

Eric

(Former employee of the company that made RTGs for space applications.)

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Paul Walker <pjwalker76@gmail.com> wrote:

vibration

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:48 PM, brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/04/2017 12:47 PM, Joe Rosato wrote:
> Of course there is no such thing as rust in space, but I wonder what
> type of other issues there could be...
>

radiation.

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