Image: Space War By Staff Writers for Launchspace, Published in Space War, 26 February 2021 Bethesda MD (SPX) - A new arms race is unfolding among spacefaring nations. Space experts have been telling us about contested space for the last several years. The number of active satellites is exploding from
By Karl Grossman, Published in Fair, 25 February 2021 ABC (2/22/21) had one of many reports that celebrated the Mars landing without noting that the rover was powered by plutonium—or the risks NASA had taken in launching that payload into space. With all the media hoopla last week about the
By Karl Grossman, Published by Free Press, 24 February 2021 With all the media hoopla last week about the Perseverance rover, frequently unreported was that its energy source is plutonium—considered the most lethal of all radioactive substances—and nowhere in media that NASA projected 1-in-960 odds of the plutonium being released
By Paul McLeary, Published in Breaking Defense, 18 February 2021 There have been questions about the Biden Administration's missile defense plan; some of those may be answered in coming weeks WASHINGTON: The Pentagon plans to take a big step in its long and costly effort to build a new
The Kosmos 954 satellite burned up upon reentry, scattering radioactive debris across northern Canada (Screenshot via YouTube) By Karl Grossman, Published in Independent Australia, 18 February 2021 Nuclear-powered space technology risks causing further damage to our planet and is an unnecessary expense when we have higher priorities, writes Karl Grossman.
Published in TRT World, 18 February 2021 A growing number of countries and private companies are developing and expanding their space programs. What does it mean to have so many new actors with extraterrestrial ambitions? The UAE’s Hope mission returned its first photo of Mars this week, a beautiful high-resolution
By Karl Grossman, Published in Free Press, 17 February 2021 A report advocating rocket propulsion by nuclear power for U.S. missions to Mars, written by a committee packed with individuals deeply involved in nuclear power, was issued last week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The 104-page
By Karl Grossman, Published in Counter Punch, 16 February 2021 A report advocating rocket propulsion by nuclear power for U.S. missions to Mars, written by a committee packed with individuals deeply involved in nuclear power, was issued last week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The 104-page
