MR. O’KEEFE SERVES AN APPETIZER: NASA Chief Outlines New Nuclear, Space Plane Efforts.
- Space nuclear power
- Advanced (presumably nuclear electric) propulsion
- More aggressive space medicine/microgravity effects research for long-duration flights
- An 18-month OSP definition phase, followed by a three-year development/demonstration phase, and then multi-unit procurement
It’s looking more and more like he’s delivering on what he told us to expect around this time, back in September.