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Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration
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this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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isn't this the same element found in older smoke detectors?
Yes.
Shout-out for The Radioactive Boy Scout. (RIP)
Yep, and it's still used in some new ones.
That it is!