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Nuclear power on the moon: NASA wraps up 1st phase of ambitious reactor project

By Andrew Jones. Space, 3 Feb 24

1The project aims to get a reactor up and running on the moon in the early 2030s. NASA is wrapping up the design phase of a project to develop concepts for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor for use on the moon…..

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced contracts to three companies — Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse and IX (a joint venture of Intuitive Machines and X-Energy) — for the initial phase back in 2022. ………..  https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-nuclear-reactor-project-first-phase-complete

The reactor plan is one of a number of new nuclear plans for space, including launching a nuclear-powered spacecraft, named DRACO, by early 2026.

February 3, 2024 - Posted by | space travel

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  1. If they build or place a nuclear reactor on the moon, where is the water going to come from to cool it? Or is it just a nuclear-thermo electric generator that the Russians and the Americans used in the Artic and Antarctica or spacecraft traveling outside the inner Solar system?

    paulrodenlearning's avatar Comment by paulrodenlearning | February 3, 2024 | Reply


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