"The isotope of interest for space is americium-241....Its half-life is a staggering 432 years, five times longer than plutonium-238."

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[–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

10 times as much as gold

To -make-, yep. As the article pointed out, there's a lot of Amercium in waste dumps where old smoke detectors ... and anyone can make it. Five times the half-life means it can power much longer missions.

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