Talk:Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator
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Aging already[edit]
The MSL was originally scheduled for launch in 2009. Perhaps the plutonium dioxide for the 8 GPHS that will be used in each MMRTG has already been made and output is already reducing. Anyone know when the GPHS (to be used) were made ? Rod57 (talk) 14:45, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Ownership[edit]
While the MMRTGs were initially supplied by Boeing when the program started, they are now supplied by Pratt & Whitney (owned by United Technologies Corporation) due to the sale of the Canoga Park, Ca facility in 2005.
How many watts per MMRTG?[edit]
This page gives two different values for watts/MMRTG: 2kW, and 125W. What's up? -- 66.31.56.15 (talk) 19:49, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
What other missions[edit]
Are any other missions planned to use the MMRTG ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:40, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
- Looks like nothing is planned after the Mars 2020 rover. BatteryIncluded (talk) 06:56, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
- There are several proposals in the wings for future Discovery-Class missions -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 06:17, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, there are proposals, not plans. In my opinion, NASA will eventually assign and use the 2 surplus MMRTGs because their radioactivity is continuously decaying and is being wasted. BatteryIncluded (talk) 18:27, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
- There are several proposals in the wings for future Discovery-Class missions -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 06:17, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Multi Mission in the name[edit]
Article should probably emphasize in intro the significance of 'multi mission' in MMRTG, which is due the fact that it can "can operate both in atmospheres and in vacuum"[1] Ohsin (talk) 03:10, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
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- ^ Balint, Tibor. "Comparison of Power System Options Between Future Lunar and Mars Missions" (PDF). sci.esa.int. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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