NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks ahead of NASA and Department of Energy signing a new Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright gives remarks ahead of NASA and DOE signing a new Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, seated left, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, seated right, sign a new Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios, looks on, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

An introductory video, showing an artist concept of a Moon Base, is seen at the start of the the Golden Age Summit and the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the Department of Energy, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, seated left, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, seated right, hold the signed Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios, looks on, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, gives remarks with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios, left, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, ahead of NASA and DOE signing a new Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, right, gives remarks with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios, left, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, ahead of NASA and DOE signing a new Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, gives remarks with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios, left, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, ahead of NASA and DOE signing a new Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”, during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, participates in a fireside chat with Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios during the Golden Age Summit, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)