Propulsion - Solar Sails Are Being Researched To Make Space Travel Faster Than Conventional Rockets - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
October 2023
Space 469 - Propulsion - Solar Sails Are Being Researched To Make Space Travel Faster Than Conventional Rockets - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Space Robotics - Tohoku University Space Robotics Laboratory Is Working On Robots For Space Exploration And Resource Extraction - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Space Robotics - Tohoku University Space Robotics Laboratory Is Working On Robots For Space Exploration And Resource Extraction - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
So far, the main purpose of visiting moons, planets and asteroids in the solar system has been scientific research. However, the primary interest of commercial investors in space industries is the use of space as a source of valuable materials, both natural and manufactured, that cannot be created on Earth.
Spacecraft - Polaris Spaceplanes Working On Prototypes Of Space Planes
Current space transportation is based on vertically launched expendable rockets. However, reusable rocket-propelled “spaceplanes” for horizontal take-off offer significant savings as well as fundamental improvements in flexibility and safety. Spaceplanes would be able to operate similar to airplanes from airports. They would not require a launch pad with complex and expensive infrastructure.
Power Generation - Aerospace Corp. and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Are Working On Shrinking Radioactive Thermoelectric Generators
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) have been the power plants of interplanetary spacecraft for fifty years. However, one major problem is that they are relatively heavy. Modern RTGs may weigh hundreds of pounds. They are fine for large-scale missions, but they are prohibitively big for small scale missions to the outer planets.
Links for 11 Oct 2023
Reactor vessel in place at Tianwan 7 world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for October 11, 2023
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 53 - International Atomic Energy Agency Conference Announces Fusion Report And Formation Of Fusion Group - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Geiger Readings for October 10, 2023
Reactor vessel in place at Tianwan 7 world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for October 10, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Nuclear Reactors 1289 - Global Atomic Corporation Is Working On Opening A Uranium Mine In Niger
The Government of Niger has confirmed its “full support” for Global Atomic Corporation’s (GAC) Dasa uranium project, according to GAC. The project intends to make its first yellowcake deliveries to utilities in 2025. The project will not be influenced by a recent U.S. decision to put a hold on U.S. Development Bank financing following the coup that took place in Niger earlier this year.
Geiger Readings for October 09, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 118 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1287 - Three Companies Are Working Together To Develop and Deploy High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
Sheffield Forgemasters, X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperating to explore opportunities around the deployment of fleet of Xe-100 high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) in the U.K.
Nuclear Reactors 1286 - Orano and Mongolia Are Working On Beginning Operation On A New Uranium Mine
An agreement between Orano and Erdenes Mongol LLC sets out the framework for an investment agreement that will lay the foundation for a long-term relationship for the development and industrial operations of the Zuuvch-Ovoo uranium project in south-western Mongolia. The investment agreement is expected to be signed by the end of the year.