By Richard Tyler, Published by The Times, 11 November 2022 Operation Get It Up, a tiny plasma-based power system providing propulsion to a small cube satellite, will sit on top of a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket due to be launched next month. It has been designed by engineers at the
By Karl Grossman, Published by The Sentinal, 16 August 2022 “The New Space Race is Going Nuclear” was the title of a recent hour webinar presented by the American Nuclear Society. The U.S. government is pouring money into the development of space nuclear power—for commercial, exploratory and military purposes—as described
By Kal Grossman, Published by CounterPunch, 11 August 2022 “The New Space Race is Going Nuclear” was the title of an hour webinar last week presented by the American Nuclear Society. The U.S. government is pouring money into the development of space nuclear power—for commercial, exploratory and military purposes—as described
By Caroline Delbert, Published by Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2022 Black carbon in the atmosphere is like dressing Earth in a black shirt on a sunny day. A new study shows what will happen if spaceflight increases by a factor of ten.This estimate is in line with the trajectory of
By Alan Macleod, Published by MintpressNews, 31 May 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in the Tesla CEO’s track record suggests
By John Kelvey, Published by The Independent, 20 May 2022 The Pentagon awarded deals to companies with a mix of tested and radical designs The US military has awarded two contracts for the development of nuclear space propulsion, with a goal to see orbital prototypes fly by 2027. The Defense
By Nanasee Wagh, Published by Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2022 This thing could fly as soon as 2026. A nuclear thermal flight project aims to propel astronauts to parts of space between the moon and Earth.DARPA is looking for proposals to design and build the engine, in hopes of using
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 4 May 2022 The next phase of DRACO is a 'full and open competition' WASHINGTON – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on May 4 issued a solicitation for proposals for the next phase of a demonstration of a nuclear powered spacecraft. The project,
