[NIAC 2023] Radioactive Flashlight for Moon Rovers
Universe Today Podcast
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Thermoelectrics and Backscatter in Shackleton Crater
The idea is to use something that's traditionally not an advantage, which is radiation. So you can use the x-ray fluorescence and then on the opposite end, there's something called x-ray backscatter. It gives us a different backscatter pattern that would indicate that you have lighter elements. You get to your final destination and you say, well, now I can be closer, get more data.
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