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NASA will accelerate the construction of nuclear reactors on the moon

2025-08-08   

The website of Politico recently reported that Sean Duffy, the acting director of NASA, will announce plans to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor on the moon this week. According to documents obtained by Politico, NASA has previously discussed plans to build nuclear reactors on the surface of the moon, and a final timeline will be set for this project. A senior NASA official said, "This is about whether we can win the second space race." This is a panchromatic map of the moon, taken by the narrow field navigation sensor of Tianwen-2 probe at 15:00 on May 30, 2025, and produced after radiometric correction processing. According to Daffy's instructions, NASA needs to solicit industry proposals to develop a 100 kW nuclear reactor, planned to be launched before 2030. This is very important for astronauts to return to the moon. NASA previously funded a research project to build a 40 kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon, scheduled for launch in the early 1930s. NASA is looking for companies capable of launching nuclear reactors before 2030. Duffy said that the first country to have a nuclear reactor on the moon may declare a no go zone, which would seriously hinder the US lunar program if it were any other country. The report also stated that the lunar nuclear reactor program indicates that despite the recent suspension of nuclear rocket engine related projects by the Pentagon, NASA will continue to develop space nuclear propulsion technology. Duffy said, "Although it was not listed as a budget priority project, it is not because nuclear propulsion technology is useless

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