The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy unveiled in a Tuesday memorandum a new initiative focused on the use of nuclear power in space. Within 30 days of the memorandum, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will create a program to develop a mid-power space reactor with a lunar fission surface power variant that can be launched by 2030, according to the National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power initiative. The plan will also have an option…
