CURRENT NEWS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS
USE OF SOURCES & NUCLEAR PROPULSION IN SPACE
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CURRENT NEWS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS USE OF SOURCES & NUCLEAR PROPULSION IN SPACE |
| Nuclear News from the world's press on the internet. |
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| 12-18-06 | CNN | Mining
the moon for a nuclear future The Chinese, as they have announced, will do it first |
| 11-02-06 | Houston Chronicle | Presidents
of Russia, Egypt Hold Talks on power and space There is one subject of discussion among the heads of nations – nuclear power. |
| 7-20-06 | collectSpace | Project
Orion to follow Apollo to the Moon It is necessary to have nuclear propulsion experience for longer space missions. |
| 6-18-06 | Scotland on Sunday | The
all-new space race Read “New Worlds and the Government of Mars” Go to <http://www.webetc.info/writings> |
| 6-7-06 | Space.com | Mars
Science Laboratory: Engineers, Scientists Tackle Challenges The nuclear power sources that this article refers to are RTGs – radioisotopic Thermal Generators, probably with plutonium. |
| 6-6-06 | MosNews | Russia
to Produce Rare-Earth Metals on Moon — Space Agency Russia follows China’s lead. |
| 5-13-06 | Chennai News Service | To
the moon and beyond A realistic look at the use of radio-isotopes for remote locations. |
| 5-10-06 | News Wise | Engineers
Take Page Out of Nature’s Playbook Amazing how they make such a simple thing sound a wonderful step forward. This is nothing new just a bigger computer. |
| 3-23-06 | BBC | Solar
riches survive probe crash Good news! |
| 3-13-06 | San Francisco Chronicle | Space:
the final junkyard The writer has a basic premise but it is sensationalized. Leaky reactors? Lasers to “sweep space? Debris that threatens a cosmic explosion? |
| 3-10-06 | Spaceflight Now | Spacecraft
enters orbit around Mars Probably with RTG’s for instrument protection and power but this text does not say that. |
| 2-20-06 | EurekAlert | Space
science discoveries are being made in earthly labs Research with isotopes |
| 2-15-06 | MosNews (ITER-TASS) | Russian
Space Agency Starts Paying Compensation for Environmental Damage This has nothing to do with anything nuclear … this involved only physical pieces of rockets |
| 2-14-06 | PhysOrg.com | NASA
Outlines FY 2006 Operating Plan – no nuclear propulsion Unfortunately NASA is going to play in safe inner-space while the Chinese show them how. |
| 1-27-06 | The Independent | Russia
plans to put a mine on the Moon to help boost energy supply Russia is going to have to hurry for this is also China’s stated objective. Meanwhile NASA is tied up in its underwear. |
| 1-24-06 | Monitor | LANL
power source off to Pluto Success … these batteries keep on going and going … for centuries. |
| 1-17-06 | NY Newsday | NASA
Set to Launch Probe to Pluto This needs to be an everyday occurrence if the US is going to do anything in space. |
| 1-16-06 | San Francisco Chronicle | Voyage
to icy Pluto seeks to learn how the solar system was forged Contrast this piece to Hoffman’s imagination and misinformation (the 2 articles below) |
| 1-16-06 | Info.news | NASA
Space Nukes Beware misinformation … this apparently knowledgeable piece is again networking from R. Hoffmann of California. I have annotated it. |
| 1-12-06 | Counter Punch | New
Horizons in Space, New Lows in Government Worth reading to see how the fanatics use half truths and pseudo science to make their points. Hoffman even raises the hot-particle theory from its grave. |
| 1-11-06 | Houston Chronicle | Weighing
the risks of plutonium power - Threat to public called virtually nil A reasonable article by Mark Carreau |
| 1-11-06 | Rocky Mountain News | Green
light for plutonium Pluto probe Successful space exploration cannot do without RTGs |
| 10-1-05 | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | New authoritative and comprehensive book published: "The Role of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Propulsion in the Peaceful Exploration of Space," John Graham with assistance from V. Ionkin and N.N. Ponomarev-Stepnoi, International Atomic Energy Agency, September, 2005. ISBN: 92-0-107404-2 (Trade paperback) Available from the International Atomic Energy Agency and from Amazon.com |