>Takeda quotes McCarthy: “I saw the sherpas fighting over who got to carry (the SNAP),” adding: “They had no idea of what it was. They’d put the thing in the middle of their tent and huddle around it. I guarantee none of them are alive now.”
I wonder if they themselves knew about the risk involved.
Reactor-grade plutonium in the headwaters of the Ganges, which supplies millions of people. Probably better if it was stolen than lost.
THE REAL QUESTION OF DESIGN: How much WATTAGE/POWER would a 56kg package of Guru Rinpoche (made of plutonium) be able to generate?
any scientists care to comment?
so- if the mountain wasn't magical before, it is now
Did they find it?
As for missing RTG's, it would not be at all surprising if they grew legs.
Maybe not the locals, but I would think most educated modern people, if they found the equipment, would have a large clue what was inside. There are not too many things you can put in a box on an isolated mountain top that would make it stay hot. It's not batteries, and it's not a engine.
In the late sixties, there were a dozen governments that would pay handsomely for such a box.