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The Past How an H.G. Wells sci-fi novel predicted Oppenheimer and atomic bombs
Science fiction met nuclear fission when Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd pondered the explosive potential of nuclear energy.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
In a separate program, NASA awarded relatively low-cost preliminary design contracts in 2022 for three industrial teams to work on concepts for 40-kilowatt-class, six-metric-ton nuclear fission reactors to operate on the lunar surface.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
This work led to his innovative experimentation with neutrons, which led to nuclear fission.
—Rosario A. Iaconis, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024
Over four seasons, Apple TV+’s For All Mankind has imagined an alternate history in which the Soviets got to space first, nuclear fission changed everything about the world’s energy industry, and NASA played an outsize role in American politics, economics, and pop culture.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
In a separate program, NASA awarded relatively low-cost preliminary design contracts in 2022 for three industrial teams to work on concepts for 40-kilowatt-class, six-metric-ton nuclear fission reactors to operate on the lunar surface.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
This work led to his innovative experimentation with neutrons, which led to nuclear fission.
—Rosario A. Iaconis, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024
Over four seasons, Apple TV+’s For All Mankind has imagined an alternate history in which the Soviets got to space first, nuclear fission changed everything about the world’s energy industry, and NASA played an outsize role in American politics, economics, and pop culture.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Nuclear fission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20fission. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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