[Interview] Improving Nuclear Power Generators for Future Space Missions
June 23rd, 2025
Solar power has its limits. Some space missions will need an alternative source of power like RTGs. How can we make them better? Which fuel is optimal for them and why? How to convert heat into electricity? Finding out in this interview.
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🟣 Guest: Tyler Bernstein
https://www.zenopower.com/
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:48 What is an RTG?
- 05:43 Different isotopes
- 19:25 Possible missions
- 28:07 Stirling engines
- 33:48 Current obsessions
- 43:02 Final thougths and more interviews
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