The half-life of plutonium-238, the isotope used to generate electricity on the Voyager spacecraft, is about 88

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The half-life of plutonium-238, the isotope used to generate electricity on the Voyager spacecraft, is about 88 years. What effect might this have on the spacecraft’s anticipated useful lifetime?

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Inquiry into Physics

ISBN: 978-1305959422

8th edition

Authors: Vern J. Ostdiek, Donald J. Bord

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