[Interview] Improving Nuclear Power Generators for Future Space Missions

23 Jun 2025 • 44 min • EN
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Solar power has its limits. Some space missions will need an alternative source of power like RTGs. How can we make them better? Which fuel is optimal for them and why? How to convert heat into electricity? Finding out in this interview. 😍 [Interview+] Bonus Part. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Tyler Bernstein https://www.zenopower.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:48 What is an RTG? 05:43 Different isotopes 19:25 Possible missions 28:07 Stirling engines 33:48 Current obsessions 43:02 Final thougths and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/r2SxXkm2_fc 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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