KRUSTY’s job is to provide reliable power for various space operations, but before NASA could even dream of drawing up missions that might rely on the reactor they had to put it through a ...

The firm will collaborate with the Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness, and Resilience (SPAR) program led ...

As for small reactors, NASA’s KRUSTY is a good example. It weighs about 300 pounds and produces about 1kW. A V8 engine weighs more than that, although it also puts out quite a bit more power.

SpaceNukes states that the Kilopower Project was initiated by NASA’s Space Technology ... centerpiece is the Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY) test, which consists of the ...