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Haven't they been eyeing that since the 60s?

• acidburnNSA 6y ago
  Yes indeed. The SNAP program was the big one really, culminating with an actual reactor in orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP-10A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP-10A The NERVA program was one part (mostly for propulsion) with many reactor tests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA The Soviets had a few dozen nuclear reactors in space powering satellites hunting submarines.
  • DuskStar 6y ago
    Most of those few dozen soviet reactors are still in graveyard orbits today, in fact.
    • beerandt 6y ago
      So is SNAP.