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The latest nuclear rocket project got off the ground in 2023 when NASA and DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin with a $499 million contract to build the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations .
DRACO is intended to be a test bed for rapid-response rockets between Earth and the Moon , a military deterrent in space.
The appeal of nuclear-powered rockets is efficiency.
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