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NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here’s what that means

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR. It’s an ambitious target ...
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NASA’s nuclear gamble on the moon faces growing skepticism

Fast-tracking a NASA plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon may sound dubious. Experts say that’s because it is. “The whole proposal is cock-eyed and runs against the sound management of a space ...
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Analysis: Why NASA is planning to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon and what the law says

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it might feel like a ...
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NASA Aims for U.S. to Be First to Put Nuclear Reactor on the Moon: ‘To Have a Base on the Moon, We Need Energy’

“This is about space exploration. This is about this next phase,” Duffy, interim NASA administrator and ‘The Real World’ alum, said Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism ...
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NASA Wants To Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

NASA is accelerating plans to set up a nuclear reactor to the Moon by the end of the decade, to power bases there and help America be the first nation to have an energy base powered by 24/7 nuclear ...