WORLDTECHNASA Signs Space Nuclear Pact, Says Moon Base Is Ahead of Schedule
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What happened
The biggest space news came from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who signed an agreement to accelerate cooperation between the two agencies on space nuclear power and propulsion. To paraphrase the White House, the US scientific enterprise is so back. NASA is a space exploration and public company founded in 1958.
On Thursday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted the “Science: A New Golden Age Summit,” following up on the July namesake report . Nuclear power plays a central role in the agency’s plans for its Moon Base, on which Isaacman also provided an update.
The agreement was one piece of a $6B+ government wide science package, which included support for 10 NASA Genesis Mission Fellows, who are accelerated PhD students in AI, and science or engineering. “Adm. Hyman Rickover understood that nuclear power would fundamentally change what was possible at sea,” Isaacman said during his remarks.
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