Trump Pushes Space Nuclear Power, Aiming Orbit By 2028 and Moon Surface by 2030
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President Trump directed NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Pentagon to run competitions to design space nuclear reactors for both orbit and the Moon, targeting a demonstration by 2028 and lunar deployment by 2030 as part of a plan for lunar power to support a permanent base and future Mars missions; experts say the timeline is aggressive and challenging, with no comment from the White House on progress.
- Trump Orders Pentagon Pete to Send Nuclear Reactors to Space The Daily Beast
- NASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the White House plan to get it Scientific American
- NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work? MIT Technology Review
- Oklo and 3 More Stocks That Benefit From Trump’s Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon Barron's
- NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon WIRED
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