Why Use Nuclear Power on a Satellite

question 24

Multiple Choice

Why use nuclear power on a satellite?

• A)It can supply energy for many years on long space missions.
• B)Solar cells don't work well in the outer solar system far from the Sun.
• C)Sending radioactive materials into space is a good way to get rid of them so they don't create a hazard on Earth.
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Adaptive Problems

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Reproduction

The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents.

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