The Cassini Spacecraft is the Biggest Radioactive Dirty Bomb Ever Made and It’s About to Hit Saturn

No doubt incredible science has been done with the Cassini spacecraft. Enhancing the knowledge of our solar system. Yet there is a dark side to ending the Cassini mission by plunging it into Saturn. What will to happen to the nuclear fuel used to power the craft? An isotope called Plutonium 238 which is made from a by product of … Continue reading The Cassini Spacecraft is the Biggest Radioactive Dirty Bomb Ever Made and It’s About to Hit Saturn