By Rob Coppinger, Published by The Royal Aeronautical Society, 15 September 2023 While the current Oppenheimer blockbuster film focused on the destructive power of nuclear weapons, more peaceful uses of atomic propulsion for space exploration are now gaining once again momentum. ROB COPPINGER reports. Nuclear fission and fusion power propulsion
Anastatia (Ana) Mayers, Jon Goodwin and Keisha Schahaff, boarded the VSS Unity for a 90-minute trip into space By Thomas Mackintosh, Published by the BBC, 10 August, 2023 Virgin Galactic has taken a former Olympian, a University of Aberdeen student and her mother to the edge of space on its
By Gareth Corfield, Published by The Telegraph, 1 August 2023 Just months after Virgin Orbit’s collapse, a spaceport in Shetland is preparing for lift off Scotland’s first rocket launch will probably “blow up” but there might be a customer “prepared to take the risk”, the boss of Shetland’s spaceport has
One of the “standout features” of the discovery is the “remains of a quartz setting,” said the AOC Archaeology member. (File Photo: @SaxaVord_Space) Photograph:(Twitter) By Nishtha Badgamia, Published by Wion News, 30 July 2023 Archaeologists unearthed a 4,000-year-old cemetery in the Shetland Islands in northern Scotland, United Kingdom, last week.
Artists John Kippen and Nicola Neate, North Uist residents who oppose the proposed first phase of the spaceport. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian By Severin Carrell, Published by The Guardian, 25 July 2023 Project close to bird sanctuaries in Outer Hebrides gets go-ahead after no objections from Scotland’s environment agencies Plans
By Sarah Knapton, Published byThe Telegraph, 21 July 2023 Archaeologists uncover ‘tremendously exciting discovery’ at SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst, Shetland during construction work Britain’s first vertical space launch will take place on the site of an ancient Bronze Age crematorium, after archaeologists uncovered the remnants of charred human bone. The
A 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a US Army Stryker vehicle By Chris Vallance, Published by The BBC, 19 July 2023 A European hub for high-energy laser weaponry is to be based in Livingston, Scotland, a big defence firm has said. Raytheon UK said the "advanced laser integration centre" would
By Rob Edwards, Published by The Ferret, 6 July 2023 Plans to launch rockets into space from the north of Shetland are facing allegations they could increase climate pollution by disrupting thousands of flights a year across the North Atlantic. Air traffic controllers in Iceland have warned that reserving airspace
