Pentagon · Artemis Program · Japan · U.S. · MIT Technology Review
Before Artemis II began its historic slingshot around the moon, Jared Isaacman, the recently confirmed NASA administrator
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He said the US would soon undertake far more regular moon missions and establish the foundations for a base at the lunar south pole before the end of the decade.
Key facts
- It’s called the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, or SR-1 for short
- By January 2028, SR-1’s systems should be ready for assembly and testing
- MIT Technology Review saw a presentation by Steve Sinacore, program executive of NASA’s Space Reactor Office, that offers some clues
- Little detail on SR-1 is publicly available, and NASA’s own spaceflight researchers did not respond to requests for comment
Summary
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let their writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. Before Artemis II began its historic slingshot around the moon, Jared Isaacman, the recently confirmed NASA administrator, made a flurry of announcements from the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. These goals were largely expected—but there was still one surprise. Isaacman also said NASA would build the first-ever nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft and fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. A successful mission would herald a new era in spaceflight, one in which traveling between Earth, the moon, and Mars would—according to a range of experts—be faster and easier than ever. While experts agree the timeline is extremely tight, they’re excited to see if America’s space agency and its industry partners can deliver an engineering miracle.