This was posted to fediverse by NASA today, sounds like things are really moving in this area. What a period in history to study STEM and learn the skills to be part of this.

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We’re partnering with @DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. This new engine would allow us to do more science and reach destinations faster—key steps for sending the first crewed mission to Mars. read more

There are opportunities for people in the Uk to be part of this, as it will require world wide expertise to do this.

• Space careers UK

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#NASA,#Rocket,#Nuclear,#Exploration,#Mars,#SolarSystem

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Further to the previous post on this, the orbiter plane took off as planned, and the first stage of the rocket was fine. Due to a technical “anomaly “issue with stage 2, the rocket was lost and failed to reach low orbit and deliver the payload.

Investigations in to what went wrong have started.

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• BBC NewsUK space launch: Historic Cornwall rocket launch ends in failure
• Physics world article

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#UK,#Space,#Launch,#Rocket,

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Virgin Orbit’s jumbo jet has taken off and is en-route to where it will deliver a rocket containing satellites in to space. This is a demonstration of the technology and helping to launch the UK space industry in to a new era.

• Launch Coverage
• UK Space
• Space Skills

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#Plane,#VirginOrbit,#Rocket,#UKSpace

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