NASA's space nuclear power program is a mess

13 years of research at $40m/year only produced 2 cancelled projects, says oversight arm If you've ever wondered why NASA's recent space missions haven't made more aggressive use of nuclear power, the Space Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued a report this week that may have your answer. The decade-long project to develop better nuclear space systems is, to put it lightly, a bit of a mess.…