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DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project
Written by Jeff Foust Wednesday, 02 July 2025 15:53
A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by lower launch costs.