The Rolls-Royce Micro-Reactor could enable many space operations, including propulsion for satellites. By Jon Robinson, Published by City a.m., 22 July 2024 Rolls-Royce has won a major funding boost from the UK Space Agency which will help boost its bid to provide nuclear power in space. The Derby-headquartered FTSE 100
Assistant Secretary of Defense John Plumb [Source: spacenews.com] By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 1 May 2024 Pentagon’s space-policy leader noted with concern Moscow’s recent veto of a UN resolution against putting nuclear weapons in space. The detonation of a Russian nuclear space weapon could render low-Earth orbit unusable
Artist’s impression of a Rolls-Royce Space Flower microreactor, to provide the power needed for a continuous human presence on the moon. Photograph: Rolls-Royce/PA By Bryan Davis, Published by UK Defence Journal, 8 April 2024 Rolls-Royce today announced it has secured funding from Phase 2 of the UK Space Agency’s International
UK Space Agency Press Release, 8 April 2024 Eleven projects that showcase the best of UK space expertise on the international stage have secured a funding boost from the UK Space Agency. The UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund is focused on supporting the UK space sector to work directly
3D render of planet Earth viewed from space from NASA Published by Russia Today, 7 April 2024 Washington uses hostile rhetoric and baseless allegations to cover up its own intentions to send weapons into space, Moscow claims The US has been seeking to dismantle legally-binding international security mechanisms and replace
Image: Popular Science By Ilya Tsukanov, Published by Sputnik International, 6 April 2024 Russia has promised to “form a position” on a US-sponsored Security Council resolution proposing a ban nuclear weapons in space in due course. Why is Washington suddenly so interested in the idea? What kinds of things could
Image: The UN Security Council holds a meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock By Guardian staff and agencies, Published by The Guardian, 19 March 2024 UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer The US and
ABC‘s David Muir (2/22/24): “We have just learned now the landing was a success.” By Karl Grossman, Published by Fair, 7 March 2024 “In a historic lunar accomplishment, the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon touched down on February 22,” the journal Nature (2/23/24) trumpeted the following day. That
