Valley Part of Historic Voyage to Saturn's Moon ; Project Part of Mound Effort Started in 1950s

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MIAMISBURG -- The deepspace mission that successfully landed a probe on Saturn's most mysterious moon would not have been possible without a plutonium-fueled generator built in Miamisburg, the man who invented the exotic fuel said Friday.

Bernard Kokenge, a retired Mound scientist and West Carrollton native, said the Cassini spacecraft that carried the probe is powered by a generator that turns the heat of decaying plutonium into electrical power. The radioisotope thermoelectric generator -- RTG for short -- has powered Cassini's electronic systems since its launch in 1997.

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Valley Part of Historic Voyage to Saturn's Moon ; Project Part of Mound Effort Started in 1950s

"It's the heart and soul of it all. If that doesn't work, then the science mission is lost," Koke...

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