NASA Fast-Tracks 100 kW Lunar Reactor Program With 2030 Launch Target
NASA aims to deploy a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor by 2030 to provide continuous power during lunar nights and maintain U.S. leadership amid competition from China and Russia.
- NASA is fast-tracking plans to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media.
- Sean Duffy, US transport secretary, stated that NASA should prepare for the launch within five years.
- Duffy emphasized competition with China, saying, 'We’re in a race to the moon.'
- The program, called Fission Surface Power, will use microreactor technology to support critical science instruments.
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The Nasa apparently pursues the ambitious goal of building a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. Would the U.S. Space Agency's project even be possible? And what is the plan for competition from China and Russia?
Why Trump must build a nuclear reactor on the Moon
Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation whom President Trump appointed last month as temporary leader of NASA, has issued a directive to fast-track efforts to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. “To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and to strengthen our national security in space,” he says.A small nuclear reactor on the moon is a good idea, but the di…
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’
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ when it comes to the ongoing race to the moon and Mars. To do this, Duffy wants the U.S. to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030.

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for powering long-term space missions.
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