Comments on: NASA signs new agreement with ESA to partner on Franklin Mars rover https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-signs-new-agreement-with-esa-to-partner-on-franklin-mars-rover/ Fri, 17 May 2024 22:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-signs-new-agreement-with-esa-to-partner-on-franklin-mars-rover/#comment-1466349 Fri, 17 May 2024 22:15:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=105300#comment-1466349 Thanks for the article John. They did not deliver the 1.5kg – 2kg last year like they promised. Only 0.5kg was produced for 2023.
I do not know how much we (USA) have in inventory. I tried to do a search, but the only recent result that came up was Wikipedia, but I do not trust that site.

]]> By: John https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-signs-new-agreement-with-esa-to-partner-on-franklin-mars-rover/#comment-1466311 Fri, 17 May 2024 20:45:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=105300#comment-1466311 Yes, but that was years ago, no idea if they shut it down to stop the evil capitalist swine. Sarcasm I think.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/us-makes-first-plutonium-in-25-years-for-spacecraft/

]]> By: David M. Cook https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-signs-new-agreement-with-esa-to-partner-on-franklin-mars-rover/#comment-1466298 Fri, 17 May 2024 20:21:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=105300#comment-1466298 Do we have any Pu-238 left in our inventory? Last I heard we were running out & the government was unsure if it was going to make more.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-signs-new-agreement-with-esa-to-partner-on-franklin-mars-rover/#comment-1466269 Fri, 17 May 2024 18:56:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=105300#comment-1466269 Maybe this is part of the price of or not, but NASA will be supplying the Pu-238 for the rover’s RHU. Russia was supplying that in the past.

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