As for missing RTG's, it would not be at all surprising if they grew legs.<p>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.<p>In the late sixties, there were a dozen governments that would pay handsomely for such a box.
>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.”<p>I wonder if they themselves knew about the risk involved.
THE REAL QUESTION OF DESIGN: How much WATTAGE/POWER would a 56kg package of Guru Rinpoche (made of plutonium) be able to generate?<p>any scientists care to comment?