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NASA / Formal Request For Space Fission Power System Expected By Early October

By David Dalton
4 September 2020

Project seeks to develop reactor for lunar and Martian exploration
Formal Request For Space Fission Power System Expected By Early October
The plan is to develop a 10-kW fission power system that could be placed on the moon as soon as 2027. Image courtesy NASA.
NASA and the US Department of Energy expect to issue a formal request for proposals by early October for the development of a compact nuclear power system to be used for long-term lunar and Martian exploration.

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