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NASA's Investment in Space Nuclear Technology
Congress appropriates NASA about $110 million annually to focus on nuclear thermal propulsion NTP systems. That funding goes to our Space Technology Mission Directorate, STMD. All of this, the nuclear work, happens with an STMD and a set of NASA centers. And obviously, we have contractors who are all over the country who work in this area.