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Jun 15, 2026
Space Nuclear Propulsion
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Andres AlmeidaHOST
What lessons from earlier efforts are being applied to, to the work we're doing today?

Kurt PolzinGUEST
Uh, if you go back even, although, I mean, we've been talking about doing nuclear propulsion and power since the 1950s, you know, seriously.

Kurt PolzinGUEST
From that time forward, we've had a lot of things we've learned, a lot of challenges, uh, that we've encountered.

Kurt PolzinGUEST
How do you develop these materials? These materials are, uh, different than what you would have in a terrestrial reactor, and so we've had to figure out how do those materials behave in this environment? How do they behave under these conditions? The reactor for space runs a lot hotter Than it does for a terrestrial nuclear reactor.
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Andres AlmeidaHOST
Do you do these tests also with, uh, in collaboration with Department of Energy and other organizations?