US EditionHuman Genome, Neutrino Breakthroughs, and Moon Nuclear Race 2025
NASA aims to deploy a 100-kilowatt lunar nuclear reactor by 2030 to secure water ice access and outpace China-Russia's joint project targeting the mid-2030s, officials said.
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In America in 2025, it's hard to know which we'll see first: the Epstein case files or a nuclear power plant on the moon, with President Donald Trump's administration seemingly more committed to the latter. Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has reportedly issued a directive targeting a nuclear reactor for operation on the moon by 2030. Developing nuclear power beyond Earth is a worthy research project. If we ever …
Can NASA Get a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon Before China and Russia?
China, Russia, and the United States are racing to put nuclear power plants on the moon. China and Russia in May agreed to work together to complete a lunar nuclear reactor by 2036. In response, NASA’s interim chief Sean Duffy announced in August that the United States would fast track its lunar nuclear power program to have one ready by 2030.But this sudden frenzy raises a few questions—such as why do we want nuclear reactors on the moon in the…
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