By Mark R. Whittington, Published by The Hill, 5 December 2021 Recently, NASA and the United States Department of Energy put out a call for industry to propose designs for a nuclear power plant that could be deployed on the moon within the decade, according to Science Alert. In the
By Graeme Massie, Published by The Independent, 20 November 2021 NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the Moon and is asking for ideas on how to do it. The fission power source would be used to support permanent human life on the Moon, before future manned missions
By Karl Grossman, Published by Counter Punch, 28 October 2021 The co-chairs of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space & Technology Committee were cheerleaders for the use of nuclear power in space at a hearing at which they presided over last week
By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One, 20 October 2021 Those hubs would do more than refuel spaceships; they are seen as key to staying ahead of China. Like any family road trip, future missions to the moon and beyond may require a few pit stops. U.S. Transportation Command and
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
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By Karl Grossman, Published by CovertAction Magazine 25 August 2021 Imagine this scenario from the year 2045: The U.S. and China, after years of belligerence, go to war over control of the Taiwan straits; most of the battles are fought through cyber-attacks and space-based weapons systems that had been perfected
By Nicholas Dirks, Published by Scientific American, 10 August 2021 We need to avoid the mistakes European countries made during the age of colonization With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson recently completing their pioneering space flights that could set the stage for future space tourism, it is worth taking a
By Beau Rideout, Published by the Bulletin of th Atomic Scientists, 19 July 2021 Nuclear propulsion is the fastest way to send a manned mission to Mars, as the United States proposes to do in the late 2030s. But nuclear power can also be useful for other activities in space
