Space Policy Edition #3: Yoking Europa Missions to the SLS, Cost of the Next Mars Rover Rises, and the Long-Awaited Return of Plutonium-238

Aug 5, 2016 · 1h 3m 5s
Space Policy Edition #3: Yoking Europa Missions to the SLS, Cost of the Next Mars Rover Rises, and the Long-Awaited Return of Plutonium-238
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In our third episode, we debate the risks and rewards of tying the future of a Europa mission to the fate of NASA's massive Space Launch System rocket. Also, NASA...

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In our third episode, we debate the risks and rewards of tying the future of a Europa mission to the fate of NASA's massive Space Launch System rocket. Also, NASA just announced that the next Mars rover will cost $2.4 billion—$900 million more than initially thought. But the mission is not considered over budget. Why not? Lastly, the U.S. just generated 50 grams of Plutonium-238, the largest amount in nearly thirty years. We celebrate the successful effort to create this critically important, though highly toxic, power source for deep space spacecraft.
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