> imagine that SpaceX would not be all too eager to experiment with NTR given the regulatory environment for anything nuclear and that they want to get Starship

> imagine that SpaceX would not be all too eager to experiment with NTR given the regulatory environment for anything nuclear and that they want to get Starship flying humans within this decade. Or they might want to do it anyway knowing it would never be allowed to launch in order to drag the overton window in a more permissive direction.