US to spend $2.1 billion to send nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars — NASA
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NASA announced a $2.1 billion investment to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft technology for Mars missions, using existing hardware and novel reactor systems essential for sustained lunar and deep space exploration.
Spokesperson Jan Wittry says NASA is leveraging existing hardware and developing the reactor system "to deliver a flight system and prove a capability essential to sustained lunar operations, future Mars missions, and the next era of exploration"