Re: New Horizons Mission Two Pluto



KURYER <KURYER.21svln@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>
> Hello !!!
> I think there else is an interesting thing connected with New Horizons
> Mission. NASA is planning the probe to work much longer than Voyager.
> However, It asserts that the core of its reactor to be much lighter
> than the Voyager's.
> Can anybody tell me what way NASA did that?

New Horizons' instruments draw less power than Voyager's, so they can
stretch a smaller power supply longer.

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