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U.S. Forest Service unveils extensive closures of research facilities

The U.S. Forest Service is reorganizing its headquarters and closing 50 research facilities. Conservationists and scientists call the changes damaging and unnecessary. USFS has already experienced a year of researcher attrition due to layoffs and early retirements. The agency sent …

Threat of Russia’s space nuclear weapon ‘forced us to prepare,’ Space Command head says

Russia's alleged nuclear anti-satellite capability was the focus of U.S. Space Command's latest wargame exercise. The classified exercise involved Space Command officials and more than 60 companies that discussed the "worst-case scenario" and looked at industry solutions to prevent such …

White House releases space nuclear policy

The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems. The goal is to start flying reactors in space as soon as 2028, with a lunar surface …

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