Chinese engineers reveal nuclear-powered lunar rover

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Plaid @ Apr 3rd 2007 1:08PM

I don't get it. If you've got a radioisotope thermal generator on-board, you bloody well don't need the solar cells. Unless it's a teeny tiny RTG, but then it's hardly better than going without...

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cjameshuff @ Apr 3rd 2007 1:28PM

A RTG capable of continuously running the robot might be too heavy. A lighter one could charge a bank of batteries/supercapacitors and allow periods of activity in darkness, with rest periods required to recharge. Solar cells could allow continuous activity or a significant drop in recharge time, with the RTG primarily being there to allow operations in shadow.

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