Message from @Data Pagan

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2018-12-24 23:37:44 UTC  

A group of hikers found one and sat around it for warmth

2018-12-24 23:37:55 UTC  

They promptly suffered severe radiation burns

2018-12-24 23:38:05 UTC  

Rtgs seem like something outta fallout

2018-12-24 23:38:07 UTC  

sounds pretty shaky, also deserts have their own eco systems, add all the SAND and shit and it's not so ideal.

2018-12-24 23:38:15 UTC  

Why are we talking about radiation

2018-12-24 23:38:22 UTC  
2018-12-24 23:38:38 UTC  

got a link for that pagan ?

2018-12-24 23:38:40 UTC  

How dangerous are they to be around? Like could a guy just walk to one of those rovers? Or is it dangerous

2018-12-24 23:38:48 UTC  

Wow I'm good at grammar

2018-12-24 23:38:50 UTC  

How far could a puddle of radiation negatively affect unprotected people? Does it emit an aura of some sorts?

2018-12-24 23:38:51 UTC  

Most of them are sealed pretty well

2018-12-24 23:39:08 UTC  

How much is it for a rad suit

2018-12-24 23:39:13 UTC  

Merry Christmas from Australia - I wrote it upside down so you could read it easily

2018-12-24 23:39:16 UTC  

@lolfire Oh I forgot to mention his first name is actually temujin

2018-12-24 23:39:19 UTC  

Deep space probes use RTGs to supplement the decreasing amount of sunlight they’re going to encounter in the outer solar system

2018-12-24 23:39:24 UTC  

It's expensive for a radiation suit.

2018-12-24 23:39:25 UTC  

And I can't give you love and affection

2018-12-24 23:39:31 UTC  

Cause I dont think I can love gingers

2018-12-24 23:39:43 UTC  

But RTG output gradually decreases overtime as well

2018-12-24 23:39:59 UTC  

Their power output is only as good as the half life of the material they’re powered on

2018-12-24 23:40:00 UTC  

they can last like 39 years tho

2018-12-24 23:40:05 UTC  

30*

2018-12-24 23:40:29 UTC  

Big brain hours

2018-12-24 23:40:31 UTC  

Ye khabli khan is weird

2018-12-24 23:40:35 UTC  

20 minutes to christmas

2018-12-24 23:40:36 UTC  

Well I mean after 15 years their power output has still decreased by half

2018-12-24 23:40:41 UTC  

RTG is what matt Damon sat with in the Martin innit?

2018-12-24 23:40:45 UTC  

ye

2018-12-24 23:41:05 UTC  

@Data Pagan well no...

2018-12-24 23:41:12 UTC  

theoretically yes

2018-12-24 23:41:37 UTC  

the helf-life thing is weird like

2018-12-24 23:41:40 UTC  

I thought half lives were a pretty hard time limit on the usage of an RTG?

2018-12-24 23:41:44 UTC  

Would it be best to make a probe to a neighboring star nuclear powered with retractable panals for use here and reuse there?

2018-12-24 23:41:54 UTC  

​Goodbye.

2018-12-24 23:41:54 UTC  

Like from the instant it’s built, it’s already slowly losing power

2018-12-24 23:42:54 UTC  

I mean yeah it’s all random chance on when a single atom will chose to decay

2018-12-24 23:42:58 UTC  

as far as i can tell it should.

2018-12-24 23:43:15 UTC  

@lolfire If you were female probably

2018-12-24 23:43:25 UTC  

I don't have space for manlove

2018-12-24 23:43:34 UTC  

But you can take that average decay rate per gram of material and extrapolate that out over several days or years and have a solid approximation on its life span