Media: US Allocates 161 Million for Space Nuclear Reactor
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US Space Force Awards Antares $161M to Build Nuclear Space Reactor
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Antares, a Torrance, California nuclear startup, a $161 million Strategic Breakthrough contract to develop a fission reactor for spacecraft, a bet on orbital nuclear power that the company says is the largest current Department of War award of its kind. The award came from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, which runs Space Force acquisition. Antares anno…
The last time the United States operated a nuclear reactor in space was in 1965, with NASA’s SNAP-10A. Sixty-one years later, a startup named Antares has received a US$161 million strategic prize to develop its R1-S reactor and demonstrate in... Continue reading »The U.S. news has not had a nuclear reactor in space since 1965. Antares has just received 161 million to change that was originally published on Wwwhatsnew.com by Natalia Polo.
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