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Addressing NASA’s Plutonium Problem
By 2015.08.03 0 Comments Read More →

Addressing NASA’s Plutonium Problem

Yet another positive aspect of NASA’s highly successful New Horizons probe is the fact that it is focusing attention on one of the biggest gaps in fulfilling some of the space agency’s long term plans; the lack of a coherent policy regarding space nuclear power. New Horizons, like Cassini at Saturn and the Curiosity rover […]

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NASA Seeks Battery Breakthroughs
By 2014.04.09 0 Comments Read More →

NASA Seeks Battery Breakthroughs

NASA announced a new initiative today, one aimed at achieving breakthroughs in energy storage devices. This is one of those areas where an unexpectedly positive outcome could have unusually broad ramifications. It is worth pointing out however, that one of the reasons the agency needs an alternative to batteries is that it has walked away […]

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