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The White House has laid out plans to send a nuclear reactor into space.
The April 14 plan mandates a lunar-orbiting nuclear reactor system, launch-ready by 2028.
KEY POINTS
- NASA and the Pentagon will run parallel reactor competitions for near-term lunar and orbital use.
- U.S. space nuclear strategy now aims for high-power reactor deployment in the 2030s.
- Public and governmental support for space-based nuclear power has significantly rebounded since past failures.
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