Show HN: Voyager 1 could've lasted MUCH longer
By Sath52 · 2026-09-23 · 1 points · 2 comments
The reactors in Voyager 1 rely on the heat produced by decaying plutonium, which decays into uranium. We could’ve powered it with the uranium, But, uranium decays INCREDIBLY slowly. You’d have needed like, some 70,000 tons of it to power the thing, But, it would’ve been powered…
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