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NASA aims to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030

NASA is no longer talking about lunar power in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to deploy a working nuclear reactor on the Moon by around 2030, turning a long‑imagined concept into a ...
Musk outlined a moon-based industrial model centered on large-scale manufacturing and deep-space deployment. ・U.S. space ...
Resources thought to be present on the Moon include uranium, potassium, phosphorus, water ice, platinum group metals and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of the commercial space industry. Over the years, I and others have written extensively about why the ...
April 2025 was a busy month for space. Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United ...
Is the moon home to $1 trillion worth of precious metals? That's what a new study claims, signalling the possibility of an expensive resource extraction race in the coming years. What Happened: ...
NASA is opening SpaceX’s $4-billion moon landing contract to competition, citing delays with the company’s Starship spacecraft. Acting Administrator Sean Duffy expressed concerns about falling behind ...
On May 2, the Trump Administration proposed a 24% budget cut for NASA. It would slash funding for science while setting billions aside for initiatives to send humans to the moon and Mars. New ...
The vehicle could help make hard-to-reach places on the moon more accessible to exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As ...