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Witnesses tell Senate committee Gateway, cislunar infrastructure and space nuclear power are central to lunar leadership
Summary
Industry and former NASA officials urged Congress to maintain funding for the Gateway lunar platform, build cislunar communications and domain awareness, and accelerate nuclear surface power to enable sustained operations and protect U.S. interests in cislunar space.
Witnesses before the Senate Commerce Committee said the Gateway lunar platform and supporting cislunar infrastructure are vital to sustaining long-duration lunar operations and protecting U.S. influence in lunar space. Michael Gold of Redwire emphasized the Gateway's role, saying "Without the funding and direction of the 1 big beautiful bill, this critical work would be in jeopardy." He described recent tests of large rollout solar arrays for the Gateway power and propulsion element and called Gateway "critical for projecting…
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