Radioactive Flashlight for Moon Rovers [NIAC 2023]

In the second part of my conversation with Dr Christopher Morrison we discuss his second NIAC award. It suggests creating a power source that can also be a science instrument. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Interstellar Sample Return with Dr Chris Morrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsON8yF5Rjo 👉 Part I with Dr Chris Morrison: https://youtu.be/FIZHGDyN-7E 👉 More about the NIAC grant: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/EmberCore_Flashlight/ 00:00 Intro 00:36 What is the EmberCore Flashlight 12:39 Perspectives for deep space missions 17:33 Who will buy such Flashlights 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to use my work for any purpose you like, just mention me as the source and link back to this video.