Only three of these NASA batteries exist, and UD has two of them

The University of Dayton’s research institute is currently home to two very rare and expensive batteries.

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According to scientists there are only three of these types of batteries in existence and two of them are right here in Dayton, the third is powering the Mars Rover Curiosity.

News Center 7’s Adam Marshall talked to Chadwick Barklay, a research scientist at the institute, who says UD is conducting long term life-cycle testing of the batteries to assist NASA.

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Barklay advises that UD’s research institute is attempting to test the batteries in a simulated environment that mirrors the conditions on Mars.

Each of the units costs 10 million dollars and a battery just like the ones at UD will be used on a 2020 mission to Mars.

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