General Atomics wins DARPA contract to develop nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon

By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 10 April 2021 General Atomics' Christina Back: Nuclear thermal propulsion “will enable spacecraft to travel immense distances quickly” WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $22 million contract to General Atomics to design a small nuclear reactor for space propulsion,

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Shetland space centre plan backed by nation’s biggest landowner blocked by national heritage agency

By Martin Williams, Published by The Herald, 1 April 2021 PLANS for a space centre on Shetland backed by Scotland's largest landowner has been blocked after it was rejected by the nation's historic environment watchdog because it would damage a site of site of "cultural significance". The ambitions to create hundreds

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