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...differences between the American and Soviet approaches to providing electrical power in space make an agreement unlikely. The U.S. has not launched a nuclear-powered vehicle since 1965. Instead, it relies on solar cells for electricity for all purposes except shots to the moon or toward other planets, where the sun's rays are too weak to be converted into sufficient power. In the 18 times in which the U.S. has sent nuclear power packs into space, it has used a much less dangerous method than the Russians...
...Russians, by contrast, seem less advanced in the use of solar energy and employ nuclear power supplies more frequently in earth orbit. Furthermore, to generate high power (100 kilowatts or more), they use a fission process, which produces radioactive strontium 90, cesium and iodine - all far more threatening to human life than the alpha particles generated by the U.S.'s plutonium 238 fuel...
...Soviet production could throw petroleum markets into chaos and set off skyrocketing price rises as a result of a punishing competition for existing supplies. On the other hand, an increase in Moscow's output could help delay an energy crunch until new power sources, notably nuclear and solar, can reduce world dependence on petroleum...
This data may help to explain solarterrestrial anomalies such as geomagnetic storms and solar wind streams...
Because the corona is only one-billionth as bright as the sun's visible disc, scientists have been able to observe only a very limited portion of the corona when the sun is not eclipsed. An extensive observation of the corona has occurred just once, during the 1970 total solar eclipse, by an expedition force led by Donald H. Menzel, former director of the Harvard Observatory...