The project aims to create a reliable energy source for future moon bases, enabling extended human habitation and supporting ...

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Planned for 2035, the nuclear reactor would power research and exploration of the moon's south pole as part of the the International Lunar Research Station project.

China aims to have its astronauts on the moon by 2030 to help build the research station. The United States also has plans to build a lunar base with a nuclear power plant. Nasa and the US ...

Most of the terrestrial supply comes from the decay of tritium, which is a byproduct of nuclear reactors and aging nuclear weapons. The United States has been rationing He-3 since 2010.

NASA doesn’t have to build and operate these reactors, you know, just like we buy power, you know, from the socket, here we buy power, power from the socket on the moon. Why not ?