Pearl Q,
Curiosity like voyager in the past uses very little quantity of plutonium which is extremely radio active in nature, but I guess the Space team figured out a way to safely pack it as its fuel supply.
unfortunately solar energy cannot be used exetensively in mars because
a) of the distance from sun
b) Scientist needs to figure out first even if they get the sun rays whether the dust storm from mars can hamper its use
Well about alternate fuel there are various options available , but it mass scale availability is yest to be seen
a) Hydrogen power
b)nuclear power (cold fission) if scientist can make some break through in the BERN
c) Solar
d) Geo Thermal
e) loog at long life reusagl batterries e.t.c
c)
Optimus_Prime said plutonium energy ...
Pearl Q,
Curiosity like voyager in the past uses very little quantity of plutonium which is extremely radio active in nature, but I guess the Space team figured out a way to safely pack it as its fuel supply.
unfortunately solar energy cannot be used exetensively in mars because
a) of the distance from sun
b) Scientist needs to figure out first even if they get the sun rays whether the dust storm from mars can hamper its use
Well about alternate fuel there are various options available , but it mass scale availability is yest to be seen
a) Hydrogen power
b)nuclear power (cold fission) if scientist can make some break through in the BERN
c) Solar
d) Geo Thermal
e) loog at long life reusagl batterries e.t.c
c)
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