NASA Running Out Of Fuel

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NASA Running Out Of Fuel

May 11, 2009 | ISSUE 45•19

NASA is running short of plutonium-238, the fuel needed in deep space missions, because nuclear warhead production has slowed dramatically since the end of the Cold War. What do you think?

If they don’t have any plutonium, maybe they could just use a bolt of lightning, like in Back To The Future.

Francis Penn
Systems Analyst
This is really pretty simple: We need to start up the Cold War again. And while we're at it, let’s go back to leaded gasoline."

Christine Safrey
Elevator Inspector
Can't we just microwave some plutonium-229?"

Alton Ramos
Road Grader

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