By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 5 October 2021 Seattle WA (SPX) - Idaho National Laboratory has selected USNC-Tech and its partners to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor concept design for space exploration: the Power-Adjusted Demonstration Mars Engine (PADME) NTP engine. This effort, one of three selected
By Karl Grossman, Published by Nation of Change, 4 October, 2021 It is sponsored by five members of the House of Representatives led by Representative Jared Huffman called the U.S. Space Force “costly and unnecessary.” A “No Militarization of Space Act”—which would abolish the new U.S. Space Force—has been introduced
By Karl Grossman, Published by Nation of Change, 1 October 2021 “The international public must speak out loudly and often if we wish to stop these dangerous and destabilizing Pentagon plans to rule the world via military space technology.” “U.S. generals planning for a space war they see as all
By Dr Tytti Erästö and Matt Korda, Published by SIPRI, 30 September 2021 Hopes run high that the possessors of the world’s largest nuclear arsenals—Russia and the United States—might finally resume negotiations on nuclear weapon reductions after over a decade of diplomatic deadlock. Some essential building blocks have already been
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 29 September 2021 CEO Melanie Stricklan: 'The growing space industry needs top talent but many are not trained in fundamental spaceflight astrodynamics' WASHINGTON — An interactive simulation of the space environment developed by Slingshot Aerospace for military satellite operators is now being offered commercially,
By Chris Keall, Published by NZ Herald, 27 September 2021 Rocket Lab shares jumped nearly 9 per cent to US$15.29 (for a U$S6.5 billion market cap) in early trading on the Nasdaq after the company finally confirmed a major tranch of funding from the US military and entry into an
By Peter Suclu, Published by the National Interest, 23 September 2021 Was it autonomous mastery? Here’s What You Need to Remember: "Up until the autonomous landing of the X-40A in 1998, no one had demonstrated that an unmanned space vehicle with such a low lift-to-drag ratio, and a high angle-of-attack landing
Nuclear propulsion for space-bound rockets wasn’t science fiction even in the 1960s, and 60 years later multiple programs are rediscovering this promising technology. By Mark Lewis, Published by Breaking Defense, 22 September 2021 As humanity gets closer and closer to leaving footprints on Mars, questions remain about the best way
