Comment 2VPF Nuclear power battery

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New Horizons spacecraft prepares to study Pluto after 9-year voyage

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Nuclear power battery (Score: 1)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-12-07 15:36 (#2VPF)

I am happy to read that New Horizons has a nuclear power battery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Power
Ok, hard to go without one in that kind of mission, but when I read this:
Less than the original design goal was produced, due to delays at the United States Department of Energy, including security activities, which held up production.
I am sure the uneducated mobocracy tried its best to throw a monkey wrench into the works.

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