What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) future now that Atlantis has landed and the shuttle program is over ? If NASA persists in using nuclear power in space, the agency’s future is threatened.
Between November 25 and December 15, 2011, NASA plans to launch for use on Mars a rover fueled with 10.6 pounds of plutonium, more plutonium than ever used on a rover.
The mission has a huge cost : $2.5 billion.
But if there is an accident before the rover is well on (…)