"Houston, we have a problem."? When Apollo 13 crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1970, it was carrying a radioisotope th
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:17 pm
"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?