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Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration (interestingengineering.com)
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"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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[–] 2 points 11 months ago

I like to recover old smoke detectors and eat the americium. I'm well on my way to becoming captain americium.

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