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Operating in the dark is another case of "very difficult, not impossible." RTGs were invented in 1954, and were used in real life by the crews of Apollo 12 through 17 to power long running lunar experiments. The RTG from Apollo 13 is still sitting in the South Pacific right now.
Its the manned part, cant really build the ships that well or they’re too heavy to lift off or something along those lines.