US Air Force Lockheed to Make Simple, Safe and Cheap Nuclear Electric Power in Space
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6G9CE)
Lockheed Martin was awarded $33.7 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High Power program to mature high-power nuclear electric power and propulsion technologies and spacecraft design. The JETSON effort is now in the preliminary design review stage, with the option to go to critical ...