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White House Wants a Nuclear Reactor Orbiting the Moon by 2028
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White House Wants a Nuclear Reactor Orbiting the Moon by 2028
The Trump administration has grand plans for “ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY.” When NASA sent humans to the moon for the first time this century earlier this month, the organization made it clear that this is just the “opening act” for a new and revitalized era of space exploration. Under the Trump administration, NASA has enormous ambitions, going as far as to plan a permanent base on the moon, which will need never-before-seen energy inno…
The US space agency aims to install nuclear reactors on the Moon by 2030 under the Fission Surface Power project, and to launch a medium-power reactor into orbit by 2028.
The Moon, for decades a symbol of silence and emptiness, may soon become home to nuclear-powered infrastructure. NASA is increasingly considering a scenario in which a permanent human presence beyond Earth would be supported by nuclear reactors.
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