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Originally Posted by wild man View Post
That's all very interesting. It looks like shielding 235 with some 238 would also drastically reduce the thickness/weight of lead (otherwise 6") needed to contain the radiation.

If a BB is too small, how big would one of these pellets be? Also, the unit that converts radiation directly into electrical power, without the need for having tho convert it to mechanical energy first, sounds eerily like what the lunahod, would have used for electrical power. And, that was STRICTLY off-road. Off of what we know as terra-firma, in fact.
Yea whatever. Electric turbo's still suck,...
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