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Seven Minutes of Terror: Landing a Rover on Mars

Arcanaville

By Arcanaville,
Posted on: 2012-06-24 22:02 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Well if it does go splot I think it'll be the first time the US "nuked" another planet.
Nope. There is evidence that the Galileo probe's RTG went critical when it entered Jupiter's atmosphere. Here's some info about it.

We kind of have a habit of accidentally causing nuclear explosions whenever we visit another planet. No wonder nobody out there wants to talk to us.

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Sorry, face on mars guy isn't the most credible source when it comes to space exploration.

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Well if it does go splot I think it'll be the first time the US "nuked" another planet. The rover's RTG uses about 5 Kg of Plutonium-238.

Maybe it'll give us an excuse to invade.
Or it'll give *them* an excuse to invade us....


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This is somewhat relevant.

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