Plutonium 238, story in Wired, here. It’s a very big deal for science.
Category: Plutonium
Power supply for new Mars mission is nuclear
Here’s a good update on CNET. As you’ll recall, the last two rovers while incredibly successful, had constant issues with their solar batteries. On the other hand, this thing is powered by Plutonium. I sure hope they have an uneventful launch.