By Monica Witt and Jena RoweNASA Press Release, 16 April 2021 NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the
Image: Space Daily By Lucie Aubourg, Published in Space Daily, 5 March 2021 Washington (AFP) - A prototype of SpaceX's unmanned rocket Starship exploded on Wednesday, the third time a test flight ended in flames. The mishaps may seem like disasters but experts say these incidents are part of the
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
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 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
Image: Mars Daily by Steffi Paladini, Birmingham City University, UK, Published by Mars Daily, 5 February, 2021 Looking at its achievements over the past decade, nobody would doubt China is aiming to win the new space race. Not only has it been the only country to land on the Moon
