The Senate, in its attempt to slim down the stimulus bill, has apparently managed to squeeze in a little bit for nukes. A billion dollars, in fact. In various Senate version of the Bill, including on page 78 of what I believe is the most recent version, the Collins/Nelson* Bill, the following appears: ATOMIC ENERGY …
Why Would a 2 Stage Safir Be Surprising?
by | 2009-02-06 | 73 Comments
Dead weights are for the second stage plus satellite, the red line is the orbital threshold, required Isp for each dead weight is read off by looking where each blue line crosses the red line I’m sure that anyone following ACW’s discussion of the Safir-Omid will have picked up that a number of us find …
NORK Fuel Rod
by | 2009-02-05 | 4 Comments
There has been a lot of technical discussion about the North Korean fuel rods, from their size to how they are stored. Now, the South Korean government has a released pictures of a rod and the rods in storage. Awesome! Photos of North Korea’s unused fuel rods to produce plutonium, the material for nuclear weapons, …
Iran Pop Quiz
by | 2009-02-04 | 10 Comments
There is much talk of negotiations with Iran at the moment. But, there are negotiations and there are negotiations… Therese Delpech, Eli Levite and George Perkovich have identified six questions about how talks with Iran should be conducted. If the Obama administration is serious about pursuing dialogue with Iran (and I think it is) it …
