On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:02:34 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

The OIG report said "unexpected degradation". PU-238 half-life is 88 years.
So I expect a new type of RTG thermocouples degraded and they have no
replacement. It is in prototype phase, has 110 We (2 kW thermal) nominal
by 4 kg Pu. Btw, the RTG is 100% DoE and build by Boeing, no fault at NASA.
They hide the percentage power loss from public but the 4.5 km to 20 km
gives a hint. Probably the power for data transmission is now restricted
too. That means considerable less images to expect. Still worth launch?
Maybe.

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Sounds like the JWST debacle.

Huh? I haven't heard of any JWST technical problems, just that it is
taking a lot longer to build and test than they expected. And we
certainly didn't launch JWST before it was ready, since it is still on
the ground.

Brian