Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
NASA cancelled the lunar gateway, but one component of the gateway will be going to deep space in the form of Space Reactor 1 - Freedom. This mission on one had will be the first of its kind demonstrator of nuclear electric propulsion, but simultaneously much less ambitious than NASA's first grant design for a nuclear electric mission, Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, the result of the Prometheus Project.
But, unlike the massively ambitions JIMO, this actually stands a chance of flying, it may be thrown together with bits that were easily available, but actually getting to space and demonstrating the technology is more important than designing a great mission that never flies.
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NASA cancelled the lunar gateway, but one component of the gateway will be going to deep space in the form of Space Reactor 1 - Freedom. This mission on one had will be the first of its kind demonstrator of nuclear electric propulsion, but simultaneously much less ambitious than NASA's first grant design for a nuclear electric mission, Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, the result of the Prometheus Project.
But, unlike the massively ambitions JIMO, this actually stands a chance of flying, it may be thrown together with bits that were easily available, but actually getting to space and demonstrating the technology is more important than designing a great mission that never flies.
Follow me on Twitter for more updates:
twitter.com/DJSnM
I have a discord server where I regularly turn up:
discord.gg/zStmKbM
If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon
patreon.com/scottmanley
