By Richard Outram, Published by the Nuclear Free Local Authorities, 12 April 2023 It may mirror the plot of classic ‘70s British sci-fi series, Space 1999, which also features a moon base and the threat posed by radioactive waste, but the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities also have real concerns
By Josie Ensor, Published by The Telegraph, 9 April 2023 Rocket designed to take man to the Red Planet is ready for test launch in days, says billionaire's firm SpaceX is on the cusp of sending its Starship - the most powerful rocket ever built - into orbit, in the
Space Outpost’s MAPP lunar rover is scheduled to go to space in November of this year as a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Lunar Outpost By Kyle Barr, Published by Gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Lunar Outpost will engrave a crypto wallet passcode on its MAPP Lunar Rover
Published by The Guardian, 17 March 2023 Microreactor programme will develop technology to provide power for humans living and working on moon Rolls-Royce has received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop a nuclear reactor for a moon base. The project will look into how nuclear power could be
From: UK Space Agency, 17 March 2023 The UK Space Agency is backing research by Rolls-Royce into how nuclear power could be used to support a future Moon base for astronauts. Scientists and engineers at Rolls-Royce are working on the Micro-Reactor programme to develop technology that will provide power needed
By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 3 March 2023 Spent rocket body believed to be part of Chinese Chang’e 5-T1 mission expected to hit lunar surface at 5,500mph In an unprecedented display of cosmic littering, a wayward rocket body will crash into the far side of the moon on
By Jeff Froust, Published by SpaceNews, 17 February, 2023 Most of the people who converged on the Kennedy Space Center in mid-November for the third Artemis 1 launch attempt were focused on the giant Space Launch System rocket standing at Launch Complex 39B and the Orion spacecraft on top. Craig
By Oliver Milman, Published by The Guardian, 8 February 2023 Astrophysicists propose geoengineering solution to climate warming, although skeptics still urge ‘massive’ fossil fuel cutbacks Proponents of a “moonshot” idea to deal with global heating have been handed a new, very literal, interpretation by researchers who have proposed firing plumes
