NASA picks Lockheed Martin to develop nuclear rocket
NASA and the US military said Wednesday they had selected defense contractor Lockheed Martin to develop a nuclear powered rocket, with a view to using the technology for missions to Mars.
NASA and the US military said Wednesday they had selected defense contractor Lockheed Martin to develop a nuclear powered rocket, with a view to using the technology for missions to Mars.
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2023
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A densely-populated concrete jungle lacking in green space, Athens has become one of Europe's hottest capitals and despite its vulnerability to extreme temperatures, has failed to make environmental innovations, experts warn.
Environment
Jul 21, 2023
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Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.
Environment
Jun 8, 2023
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Australia has not had a national urban policy since the Rudd government. A troika of Liberal PMs followed. Tony Abbott wasn't interested. Malcolm Turnbull didn't quite live up to the hype but delivered cross-governmental ...
Environment
May 31, 2023
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New York has become the first US state to pass a law banning gas stoves and other fossil fuels in most new buildings, in a victory for environmental activists.
Environment
May 3, 2023
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Life in the ocean's "twilight zone" could decline dramatically due to climate change, new research suggests. The twilight zone (200m to 1,000m deep) gets very little light but is home to a wide variety of organisms and billions ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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Sacrificial dilemmas are popular among philosophers. Should you divert a train from five people strapped to the tracks to a side-track with only one person strapped to it? What if that one person were a renowned cancer researcher? ...
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2023
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Three weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the rubble in Jindires, a devastated Syrian village. An estimated 50,000 people had lost their lives in the two countries by that point, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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NASA will announce the names next month of the four astronauts—three Americans and one Canadian—who will fly around the Moon next year, the head of the US space agency said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2023
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War, budget cuts, a pandemic and a crash: For all its trials, Europe's ExoMars mission might be more deserving of the name Perseverance than NASA's Martian rover.
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2023
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