Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
When the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war.
Interesting Engineering on MSN9d
New nuclear fuel withstands 4,220°F heat, will fly rockets to Mars in just 45 days
General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.
NextBigFuture7d
Nuclear Thermal Rockets Versus SpaceX Starship
Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...
New Atlas10d
New fuel withstands nuclear thermal propulsion reactor conditions
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...
Russia's having problems with its newest ICBM. It drove away critical Ukrainian missile expertise.
Russia used to rely on Ukrainian expertise for its missile programs, but its actions in 2014 and beyond ended that ...
This nuclear propulsion reactor fuel could take humans to Mars in 45 days
Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.
Who will keep the parasitic billionaire in check — before it’s too late?
Can the fragile ecosystems of our planet survive the rapid succession of newly minted trillionaires? Or are they the single ...
Trump Orders ‘Iron Dome’ for U.S., but Freezes Funds for Nuclear Protection
The United States is estimated to have spent more than $400 billion on the kinds of antimissile goals that the president now ...