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[Q&A+] Eliminating Night Darkness, Voyagers' Lifetime, JWST's Planets

aired Apr 14, 2026 · 24.0m
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Summary

Can we eliminate darkness at night with an orbital reflector?.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of know, gonna, like, including: How long do the Voyagers have left?.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Then they have a thermocouple that is attached to the RTG that turns that heat into electricity And because plutonium is a radioactive element, it has a half life, it is producing
  2. 02And over time, over the decades, NASA has shut down each one of the instruments onboard the spacecraft to make use of the remaining electricity
  3. 03Now, a lot of the instruments are no longer necessary
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