Re: Plutonium on Next Atlas V - Bad Idea?

From: Damon Hill <damonunoseisuno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:31:32 -0500

"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1124074808.482251.33730
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> The next Atlas V will carry plutonium in RTGs on
> the Pluto New Horizons probe.
>
> "http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av007/050814pluto.html";
>
> This will be the seventh Atlas V, but it will
> also be the *very first* Atlas V flown in the
> "551" configuration, with five solid boosters
> and a five meter fairing. According to the

What a hot rod! Even has a Star 48 third stage.

Going to be a fast one, isn't it? Possibly the
fastest object ever (deliberately) launched?

--Damon

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