Scott Manley

Will NASA's Nuclear Powered Spacecraft Revolutionize Space Exploration?

NASA cancelled the lunar gateway, but one component of the gateway will be going to deep space in the form of Space Reactor 1 - Freedom. This mission on one had will be the first of its kind demonstrator of nuclear electric propulsion, but simultaneously much less ambitious than NASA's first grant design for a nuclear electric mission, Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, the result of the Prometheus Project. But, unlike the massively ambitions JIMO, this actually stands a chance of flying, it may be thrown together with bits that were easily available, but actually getting to space and demonstrating the technology is more important than designing a great mission that never flies. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley