Comment on Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration

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whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

My understanding of space engineering is that getting rid of heat is a bigger problem. Makes me wonder how much of efficiency of Stirling engines are lost due to extra weight and complexity for heat exchangers and radiators.

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