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[[Image:Ion Engine Test Firing - GPN-2000-000482.jpg|thumb|right|Nuclear reactors could be used to power [[ion engine]]s such as this one used on [[Deep Space 1]].]]
'''Project Prometheus ('''also known as '''Project Promethian)''' was established in 2003 by [[NASA]] to develop [[Nuclear power|nuclear-powered]] systems for long-duration space missions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=David W. |title=NASA
The project was cancelled in 2005, due to other demands on NASA's budget.<ref>
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Development of spacecraft powered by [[Nuclear electric rocket|nuclear reactors]] to generate electricity. [[Brayton cycle]] turboalternators were selected for power generation.<ref name="PFR" />{{rp|118}} This electricity would then be used to run [[Ion thruster|ion engines]]. It did not study nor pursue [[nuclear thermal propulsion]] (e.g. [[NERVA]]).
NASA's Prometheus reactor was to be built by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of [[Naval Reactors]] in Washington, D.C., per an agreement signed in August 2004.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=David |first=Leonard |date=2005-04-06 |title=
==Collaboration==
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