NASA streamlines management for nuclear electric propulsion demo mission targeting Mars
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Jeff Foust
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NASA is developing a streamlined management approach for its Space Reactor 1 (SR-1) Freedom mission, a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration targeting a launch within two and a half years. The mission, announced at NASA's Ignition event in March, would be the first flight demonstration of nuclear electric propulsion technology, using a nuclear reactor to power electric thrusters for spacecraft propulsion. The agency is working to accelerate development through simplified management structures and processes.
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· 3 pulledNASA announced the Space Reactor 1 (SR-1) Freedom mission at its Ignition event in March.
The mission would be the first flight demonstration of nuclear electric propulsion, with a nuclear reactor providing power to electric thrusters.
NASA is working on a streamlined management approach for a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration mission the agency wants to launch in two and a half years.
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