16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
...bill specifies that $110 million is for development of nuclear thermal propulsion, despite NASA not submitting a request ... … about $585 million on the Moon to Mars thermal nuclear propulsion”, Nelson said at the meeting, according to Smith. Meanwhile...
20 May 2022
Outer Space - future for humankind issues of law and policy
... outer space” and other issues such as debris, nuclear power sources and protection of the ozone layer during ...valiant attempt to introduce the ‘visual ethic’ to a chapter on nuclear power and propulsion. It’s not that the subjects of the other...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... television broadcasting via satellites and remote satellite observations of Earth. They also regulate the safe use of nuclear power sources necessary for the exploration and use of outer space. The so-called Benefits Declaration from...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
... of service, piracy, jamming, spoofing, lasers); • military threats (e.g. anti-satellite weapons (ASAT), high-altitude nuclear explosion); • cyber attack; • space debris/space debris removal programmes; • signal intercept; • supply chain compromise...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... closure of the heat shield With this triumph, which won international accolades, including one from Pakistan’s nuclear weapon scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan (a known critic of India) and another from China, India had excelled...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... and morale in these circumstances 34 ROOM Astronautics ©NASA Comparisons can be made with other isolated groups, such as nuclear submarine crews and Antarctic researchers. But deep space may be more akin to extreme isolation such as that...
