NASA Requests Proposals for Nuclear Reactor on Moon Written 30 November 2021
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The Orlando (FL) Sentinel reports that NASA and the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory “put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system” on November 19. NASA and the Idaho National Laboratory are planning “to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade.”
Full Story (Orlando Sentinel)