fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days agoIt works better if you put it in your mouth first.mander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down13
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minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 days agoWouldn’t all but the largest RTGs struggle to power more than a few incandescent light bulbs, though? Looking at the table on Wikipedia, their output is usually only from a few dozen to a few hundred watts.
minus-squarevane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoIt was 60 years ago. If they put same effort to it as they put to computers you would have one in your pocket.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoRTGs aren’t as limited by technological investment as they are constrained by fundamental physics.
Wouldn’t all but the largest RTGs struggle to power more than a few incandescent light bulbs, though? Looking at the table on Wikipedia, their output is usually only from a few dozen to a few hundred watts.
It was 60 years ago. If they put same effort to it as they put to computers you would have one in your pocket.
RTGs aren’t as limited by technological investment as they are constrained by fundamental physics.