Although they are a pile of shit and should be shut down as an organisation, does this run afoul of the UN treaty concerning radioactive materials in space or does that strictly concern weapons only?
As once it's up there, would be fairly easy to turn it INTO a weapon..
Although they are a pile of shit and should be shut down as an organisation, does this run afoul of the UN treaty concerning radioactive materials in space or does that strictly concern weapons only?
As once it's up there, would be fairly easy to turn it INTO a weapon..
Fairly certain most satellites are sent up into space with nuclear reactors on board powering them, so I don't think it would.
They're called RTGs, and yes, they are used in some spacecraft where solar panels wouldn't get enough sunlight.