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Monday, March 8, 2021
CONTINUITY: The Nuclear Power Generator That Went to the Bottom of the Sea before Flying in Space
Intact SNAP-19 fuel capsule with a plutonium-238 is shown among debris on Pacific Ocean floor resulting from aborted launch of a ‘Nimbus B’ weather satellite in 1968. Six months later, it was lifted from the bottom and used in the ‘Nimbus 3’ satellite. pic.twitter.com/f91gDReZXy
— NUKES (@atomicarchive) March 7, 2021
Radioisotope thermal generators (RTGs) are tough.
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CONTINUITY: Dominoes, Mutilated Chessboards, Tesselation, and the Arctic Circle Theorem
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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: How Will NASA Test the Next Lunar Lander?
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CONTEXT: Fly…yes. Land…no.
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— RoyalAlbatrossCam (@RoyAlbatrossCam) March 6, 2021
Flying for the albatross is mainly effortless, landing can be a little bit harder. #RoyalCam chick had a front row seat to a ‘how not to land’ lesson.
Lucky for the somersaulting alby, recovery was quick and only the chick was watching!!https://t.co/9A481yiiom pic.twitter.com/WsPGdxsu1g
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