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Roughly how much plutionium-238 would be needed to run a Radioisotope thermoelectric generator for a mars...

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Roughly how much plutionium-238 would be needed to run aRadioisotope thermoelectric generator for a mars rover that weighs4000 lbs with a range of 500 mi? what would be the voltage outputand the power needed? These calculations can be rough and anyneeded assumptions can be made. I'm just trying to get a generalidea of how this could be calculated.

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Considering the nature of the question there are severalassumptions I would makeI will base several of these on existing technologiesAssumptions1 The top speed of the Mars Rover is This figure is taken from the figure of the Curiosity Rover2 Our    See Answer
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