[Interview] Improving Nuclear Power Generators for Future Space Missions

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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.

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🟣 Guest: Tyler Bernstein

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  • 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

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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)

Support Universe Today Podcast

2025-06-23 44 min
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