Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine that they claim is safer and more reliable than previous NTP designs and with far greater efficiency than a chemical rocket. The concept could reduce Earth-Mars travel time to just three months. New Atlas reports: According to Dr. Michael Eades, principal engineer at…
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Ex-Google Boss Eric Schmidt: US ‘Dropped the Ball’ on Innovation
In the battle for tech supremacy between the US and China, America has “dropped the ball” in funding for basic research, according to former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt. From a report: And that’s one of the key reasons why China has been able to catch up. Dr Schmidt, who is currently the Chair of the US Department of Defense’s innovation…
DOD’s Third Attempt To Implement IPv6 Isn’t Going Well
The US Department of Defense is woefully behind on its plan to upgrade its IT infrastructure to support the newer IPv6 protocol, according to a government report published on Monday. From a report: This current effort is the third time the DOD attempts to upgrade its infrastructure to support IPv6 over in the past 17 years. The first two attempts took…
Trump comments on declassified UFO videos
The US President seemed somewhat skeptical when asked about the recent release of three UFO videos. Last month the US Department of Defense took the u… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336884/trump-comments-on-declassified-ufo-videos…
Ex-Google Engineer Says That Robot Weapons May Cause Accidental Mass Killings
“A former Google engineer who worked on the company’s infamous military drone project has sounded a warning against the building of killer robots,” reports Business Insider. Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger quotes their report: Laura Nolan had been working at Google four years when she was recruited to its collaboration with the US Department of Defense, known as Project Maven, in 2017,…