Comment No need for it, go SOLAR! (Score -1, Troll) 233
Why is this a bad thing? Plutonium is one of the most toxic subtances known. If a spacecraft carrying this stuff blew up after lift-off, the resulting radioactive debris field could be massive. That could potentially shower millions of people with radioactive dust. It would be in our clothes, in our eyes and, worst of all, inhaled into our lungs.
It would be a one-way ticket to radioactive-based diseases like some cancers and serious vertebral subluxations. Think for a moment: it takes BILLIONS of dollars to make Plutonium from scratch. They could make much larger solar collectors for these distant spacecraft.
This is the 21st century, there's no need for us to keep creating radioactive items to sustain ourselves. The need for radiation died out with the Cold War.
Take care,
Bob.