Advanced Nuclear Fission and Fusion Propulsion Systems Act

This bill would allow the Secretary of the Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory, to set up a pilot program within 180 days to test advanced nuclear fission and nuclear fusion propulsion systems in space. If the program is created, the Secretary would select outside entities to do the work, giving weight to past prototype development and the ability to demonstrate on time. The in-space demonstrations would have to happen within three years, overseen by the Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The Secretary would have to give Congress's defense committees a plan before starting and a report within one year, including an assessment of China's work on advanced space propulsion.

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