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**cypedembeda** · 08-10-2012, 01:31 AM

Im surprised nobody has commented on the nuclear power that this rover is using, MMRTG. I had never heard of this type of power using Plutonium. It says it will only have power for 1 Mars year? Even though they used this design on Voyager 1 in 1977, and it is still being powered by the same MMRTG.....

Here is the design of the nuclear powered rover:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-M...tric_Generator

They have been using this for a long time. Basically the plutonium gets hot, and thermoelectric elements (a bunch of thermocouples in series) produce a voltage and current that can be used to power stuff.

08-10-2012, 01:31 AM	#10
cypedembeda Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Im surprised nobody has commented on the nuclear power that this rover is using, MMRTG. I had never heard of this type of power using Plutonium. It says it will only have power for 1 Mars year? Even though they used this design on Voyager 1 in 1977, and it is still being powered by the same MMRTG..... Here is the design of the nuclear powered rover: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-M...tric_Generator They have been using this for a long time. Basically the plutonium gets hot, and thermoelectric elements (a bunch of thermocouples in series) produce a voltage and current that can be used to power stuff.
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