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NASA pulls plug on plutonium power source

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Planetary scientists wanted to use the efficient power supply to explore the outer Solar System.

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  1. Dudzinski, L., Hamley, J., Sutliff, T. J., Zakrajsek, J. F., & McCallum, P. W. 11th Int. Energy Conv. Eng. Conf. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2013-3924 (2013).

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Samuel Reich, E. NASA pulls plug on plutonium power source. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.14195

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