Re: RTG's on the Lunar Module

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From: Dave Michelson
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:52

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In article <1993Jan7.144516.20330@cam-orl.co.uk> dg@cam-orl.co.uk (Dave Garnett) writes:
>Peering at a cut-away drawing of the Lunar Module the other day
>I noticed what appears to be a Radioisotope Thermal Generator
>mounted on the outside low down.
>
>Was this intended to power some experiment - I don't think
>that they generate very much power (order 80 watts ?)
>

Yes.  It powered the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP).

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From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
Subject: Re: RTG's on the Lunar Module
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