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Will NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?

Will NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?

The Hard Shoulder · Newstalk

August 6, 20257m 18s

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Show Notes

NASA is aiming to build the first nuclear reactor on the Moon. This comes as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, ordered the space agency to get a lunar power plant up and running by 2030 to power long-term human missions.

Duffy, who is the acting administrator of NASA, made it clear to its competitors that whichever country arrives first could establish a “keep-out zone”.

To make sense of all this, Kieran is joined by Space Commentator, Leo Enright.