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Nuclear-Powered Rockets Could Be The New Space Race’s Greatest Gift

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Nuclear-Powered Rockets Could Be The New Space Race’s Greatest Gift

Illustration: Lockheed Martin Nuclear-powered spacecraft could be the apex vehicle of this century’s space race. Concepts and designs for reactor-equipped rockets have been around for over 50 years but have never left the experimental stage. Despite ambitions to boldly go where no one has gone before, America’s latest push to get nuclear propulsion is to … Read more

Toxic Debris From Chinese Rocket Drops On Village

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Toxic Debris From Chinese Rocket Drops On Village

Debris from a rocket launched by the Chinese space program came crashing down on a village in southwestern China on Saturday. The footage of the orange plume that emerged on social media was so shocking that the country’s government banned local residents from continuing to record the recovery process, CNN reports. And before you even … Read more