deathentry t1_itdzvzi wrote
Reply to comment by cecilmeyer in Next month, Japanese company iSpace will become the first private company to deliver a lunar lander and commercial payload to the moon's surface. Two more private companies aim to follow them in 2023. Is this the start of a lunar economy? by lughnasadh
Yeh except plutonium-238 to power space equipment was made during nuclear weapons manufacturing.. https://www.planetary.org/articles/plutonium-power-for-space-missions.
Zren8989 t1_itfh8mi wrote
Nothing to say it wouldn't have been invented in another discipline if not for war.
deathentry t1_itfyh0e wrote
Unlikely they would have gotten the funding for it as they only make 1.5kg a year currently..
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