NASA Seeks Ideas For A Nuclear Reactor On The Moon

Photo by NASA on Unsplash. Article by Keith Ridler, AP. HuffPost – November 19, 2021.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it.

NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system.

NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade. […]

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