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- From: dg@cam-orl.co.uk (Dave Garnett)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: RTG's on the Lunar Module
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.144516.20330@cam-orl.co.uk>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 14:45:16 GMT
- Sender: root@cam-orl.co.uk (Operator)
- Reply-To: dg@cam-orl.co.uk (Dave Garnett)
- Organization: Olivetti Research Ltd, Cambridge, England
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- Peering at a cut-away drawing of the Lunar Module the other day
- I noticed what appears to be a Radioisotope Thermal Generator
- mounted on the outside low down.
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- Was this intended to power some experiment - I don't think
- that they generate very much power (order 80 watts ?)
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- What are the radiation hazards (to the crew) associated
- with such a thing, as I understand that they comprise an
- unshielded lump of plutonium ?
-
- Dave
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