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Going Nuclear - Is It The Answer To How To Protect Key Space Assets?

The DownLink Podcast

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The Importance of Nuclear Technology in Space

DARPA is looking at a spacecraft with a nuclear thermal propulsion engine. If all goes well, they're telling me that they could have it operationalized in a matter of just single digit years. "I don't want to be behind the power curve again on something as vital as having maneuver advantage for defense and offense in space," he says.

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