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Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies

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This study will identify primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration missions. The committee will also determine the key milestones and a top-level development and demonstration roadmap for each technology. Additionally, the committee will identify missions that could be enabled by successful development of each technology. Technologies of specific interest are high-performance nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) and nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) systems.

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