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Originally Posted by Mazrim
RTGs aren't something new, so I'm not sure why this is a bigger deal than other stuff about this. All the deep space probes sent out use them, and the more recent probes like Cassini, Galileo and New Horizons use larger RTGs than Curiosity. Voyager 1 has been sending signals for 34 years straight.
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I didn't mean that RTGs were new. I meant it was important that this Mars rover is using that power source, for the reasons I mentioned.
I understand they have been used for a long time and often very successfully.