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=== Other developments === [[NASA]] has considered [[Stirling radioisotope generator|nuclear-decay heated Stirling Engines]] for extended missions to the outer solar system.<ref name="Schimdt-2003" /> In 2018, NASA and the United States Department of Energy announced that they had successfully tested a new type of nuclear reactor called [[KRUSTY]], which stands for "Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY", and which is designed to be able to power deep space vehicles and probes as well as exoplanetary encampments.<ref name="NASA-NPR" /> At the 2012 Cable-Tec Expo put on by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Dean Kamen took the stage with Time Warner Cable Chief Technology Officer Mike LaJoie to announce a new initiative between his company Deka Research and the SCTE. Kamen refers to it as a Stirling engine.<ref name="Silbey" /><ref name="dekaresearch" /> The smallest Stirling engine was built by two German scientists at the [[University of Stuttgart]]. It operates on the micron-length scale.<ref>{{cite news |title=World's 'smallest steam engine' built in Germany |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16147965 |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=BBC News |date=12 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Noack |first1=Rick |title=Scientists develop world's smallest steam engine |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/13/world/europe/germany-smallest-steam-engine/index.html |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=CNN |date=13 December 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
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