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Start Here for Space: Nuclear Engines Could Propel Future Missions

Originally aired on: October 26, 2021

What is nuclear propulsion? How is this cutting-edge technology changing rocket design and propulsion as space exploration turns towards deep space?  In this episode, Dr. Bhavya Lal will share the answers to these questions and provide more information on how NASA is revolutionizing rocket engineering and space exploration. The future of nuclear power in space was on display at the 2023 Space Symposium.

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Dr. Bhavya Lal is currently the senior advisor to the NASA Administrator on Budget and Finance. In the first 100 days of the Biden Administration, she was the senior most White House appointee and Acting Chief of Staff at NASA. As part of her assignment, she oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of President Biden. Before that, she had served as a member of the Presidential Transition for both the NASA and the Department of Defense (DOD) Agency Review Teams.

Dr. Bhavya Lal

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