"Houston, we have a problem."? When Apollo 13 crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1970, it was carrying a radioisotope th

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"Houston, we have a problem."? When Apollo 13 crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1970, it was carrying a radioisotope th

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"Houston, we have a problem."? When Apollo 13 crashed intothe Pacific Ocean in 1970, it was carrying a radioisotopethermoelectric generator containing 3.9 kilograms ofplutonium-238. No radioactivity has been ever been detectedfrom it in the subsequent fifty-two years. Should theplutonium-238 stay at the bottom of the Tonga Trench or should NASAattempt to recover it?
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