Actually DOE has started a production program using $10mil appropriated through NASA, http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1303/20pu238/#.UjuOO6x3O4B http://spacefli

Actually DOE has started a production program using $10mil appropriated through NASA, http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1303/20pu238/#.UjuOO6x3O4B http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1303/20pu238/#.UjuOO6x3O4B The original plan was to fund $10mil through NASA and $10mil through DOE for a total of $20mil per year, but DOE lost their half of the funding due to Solyndra-related politics.