But Then A New Problem Came Up: The Jupiter Probe, Galileo, Was Going To Use A Power Supply That Runs On Heat Generated By Radioactivity.

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"But then a new problem came up: the Jupiter probe, Galileo, was going to
use a power supply that runs on heat generated by radioactivity. If the
shuttle carrying Galileo failed, radioactivity could be spread over a
large area."
-- Richard Phillips Feynman (1918-1988),
-- "What Do You Care What Other People Think?"

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