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Surface Fission Power

Compact nuclear reactors to power a Moon or Mars base through the long lunar night and the dim Martian winter, when solar power is not enough. NASA's KRUSTY test demonstrated the underlying Kilopower reactor technology on the ground.

Space-Based PowerIn development

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›Power through the lunar night and Martian winter

The Moon
Mars

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Surface Fission Power

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Worlds, stations & materials

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Surface Fission Power

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Worlds, stations & materials

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