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Nukes in Space

Rendering of DARPA's Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), a spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal propulsion. Credit: General Atomics

Report: Nuclear propulsion would help military satellites maneuver out of harm’s way

January 12, 2022
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| Nukes in Space, Satellites

By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 14 January 2022 DARPA has watched NASA’s work in nuclear propulsion systems for space exploration and believes the technology can be applied to military satellites. WASHINGTON — An experiment planned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will send to orbit a spacecraft

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The NASA-China space race is about to go nuclear

December 5, 2021
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| China, Mars missions, NASA, Nukes in Space

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

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NASA wants ideas on how to put nuclear reactor on Moon

November 20, 2021
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| Mars missions, Moon missions, Nukes in Space

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

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The Push for Nukes in Space

October 28, 2021
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| Mars missions, Moon missions, Nukes in Space

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

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USNC-Tech team wins contract to develop nuclear thermal propulsion system for NASA

October 5, 2021
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| Mars missions, Nukes in Space

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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Is war in space indeed “inevitable?”

October 1, 2021
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| Nukes in Space, Space Force, Space Treaties, Space Weapons

By Karl Grossman, Published by Nation of Change, 1 October 2021 “The international public must speak out loudly and often if we wish to stop these dangerous and destabilizing Pentagon plans to rule the world via military space technology.” “U.S. generals planning for a space war they see as all

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DARPA believes that nuclear-powered propulsion could enable rapid maneuver in space — a capability that is difficult to achieve with current electric and chemical propulsion systems. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)

Back To The Future With Nuclear Power In Space

September 22, 2021
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| Nukes in Space, Space Strategy

Nuclear propulsion for space-bound rockets wasn’t science fiction even in the 1960s, and 60 years later multiple programs are rediscovering this promising technology. By Mark Lewis, Published by Breaking Defense, 22 September 2021 As humanity gets closer and closer to leaving footprints on Mars, questions remain about the best way

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Rolls-Royce plans to mine on the moon

Rolls-Royce’s nuclear plan to mine on the Moon: New space race for vital resources – and a launch pad to Mars

September 18, 2021
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| Mining, Nukes in Space, UK, Uncategorized

By Alex Lawson, Published by This is Money, 18 September 2021 Rolls-Royce is developing a nuclear reactor that it hopes will be capable of powering mining operations on the Moon and even Mars, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.  Dave Gordon, head of the company's defence division, said it is

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