Astronomy Prints 🌌: Our CEO series at WSBW

Friday, August 29, 2025

Our CEO series at WSBW

08/29/2025

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Nuclear Power in Space

For more than six decades, the United States has pursued the promise of nuclear power in space — a technology capable of delivering energy where sunlight can't reach and enabling missions beyond the limits of chemical propulsion. Yet since a brief reactor flight in 1965, no fission reactor has operated in orbit.

Now, amid renewed competition from China and Russia, advancing reactor designs and emerging commercial interest, space nuclear power is at a crossroads. Advocates see it as essential for sustained lunar operations, crewed Mars missions, and national security in cislunar space. Critics warn of cost, complexity, and regulatory hurdles that have derailed past efforts.

In addition, NASA leadership has prioritized a nuclear reactor on the moon.

Watch the episode as we discussed why the stakes are high, what's changed in the past year and whether this time the technology can finally leave the launch pad.

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▶️ Other Recent Webinars

Space Based Solar Power - Watch the 🎥 replay as we explored the technical, economic and policy landscape of space-based solar power. Learn how this decades-old concept may soon become a key component of the global energy portfolio — and what steps are needed to get there.

Golden Dome - Data & AI - Watch the 🎥 replay as leading experts unpacked what is needed to build the technological backbone of this strategic initiative and its implications for the future of national security.

SPACE MINDS PODCAST

How Microgravity Could Transform Pharmaceuticals

In this week's episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Will Bruey, CEO and co-founder of Varda Space Industries — a company developing in-space pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Varda is pushing the boundaries of drug development by leveraging microgravity to create new formulations not possible on Earth, bringing them back through its own reentry vehicles.

In our conversation, Bruey explains why the economics of launch and manufacturing have finally made this business viable, how Varda's "microgravity oven" could transform drug development, and why their technology also opens doors to hypersonic applications.

Read more: The full transcript for the episode.

🎧 Other Recent Episodes

The future of space infrastructure - In this episode of Space Minds we talk with Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer at Redwire to explore the future of space infrastructure and commercialization.
Todd Master on Umbra's evolution - In this episode of Space Minds we talk with Todd Master, Chief Operating Officer of Umbra about the evolving small satellite market, supply chain challenges, and the company's expansion from SAR data services into satellite components.

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