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Space Policy Edition #3: Plutonium-238, Europa via SLS, Cost of the Next Mars Rover Rises
FromPlanetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Space Policy Edition #3: Plutonium-238, Europa via SLS, Cost of the Next Mars Rover Rises
FromPlanetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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63 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
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Podcast episode
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In our third episode, we debate the risks and rewards of tying the future of a Europa mission to the fate of NASA's massive Space Launch System rocket. Also, NASA just announced that the next Mars rover will cost $2.4 billion—$900 million more than initially thought. But the mission is not considered over budget. Why not? Lastly, the U.S. just generated 50 grams of Plutonium-238, the largest amount in nearly thirty years. We celebrate the successful effort to create this critically important, though highly toxic, power source for deep space spacecraft.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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