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Use of highly enriched fuel in civilian reactor would contravene decades-old nonproliferation policy 23 MAY 2023, BYADRIAN CHO,  https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-planning-test-reactor-run-weapons-grade-uranium The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a small test reactor that would burn a large amount of weapons-grade uranium, according to the project’s draft environmental assessment. The experiment, to be built in a cost-sharing arrangement,…

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Colorado School of Mines encourages STEM educators to look beyond course design and pedagogy to embrace a character of love and teach with heart. The Colorado School of Mines launched the Teaching With Heart Project in August 2022 to develop the character of love among science, technology, engineering and mathematics professors. The group provides community engagement, regular discussion ideas and educational materials related to the subject to reframe teachers’ mind-sets and indirectly impact...

Partial success: Starship failed to separate from booster, then bursts into giant fireball

Partial failure: Starship failed to separate from booster, then explodes in giant fireball

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SpaceX said Sunday it is targeting a 2-1/2-hour window beginning at 8 a.m. Eastern time on Monday for the launch of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.

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Starship symbolizes space flight's modern, entrepreneurial bent. It is designed to be refueled in orbit, allowing SpaceX to hoist an unprecedented amount of cargo and potentially dozens of people to deep space. And, because it will be reusable, it is expected to be far less expensive to operate than NASA's gold standard.