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31Nuclear testing — Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them. Testing… …
32Nuclear — may refer to: Nuclear DNA In physics: Nuclear engineering Nuclear physics Nuclear power Nuclear reactor technology Nuclear weapon In mathematics: Nuclear space Nuclear operator Nuclear C* algebra See also Nucleus (disambiguation) Nucleolus… …
33Space Technology and Applications International Forum — (STAIF) is a University of New Mexico Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (UNM ISNPS) organized event that has its proceeds published in the American Institute of Physics. Sources *http://www.unm.edu/ isnps/staif/ …
34Space colonization — Artist Les Bossinas 1989 concept of Mars mission Space colonization (also called space settlement, space humanization, or space habitation) is the concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth. Although hypothetical at the present time,… …
35Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …
36nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
37Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
38Nuclear arms race — United States and USSR/Russia nuclear stockpiles Nuclear weapons …
39Nuclear fuel — Process …
40space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
