UK Funds Lunar Nuclear Micro-Reactor
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6A55X)
UK Space Agency announced 2.9 million of new funding for a nuclear micro-reactor by Rolls-Royce. They want nuclear power to support a future Moon base for astronauts. This follows a 249,000 study funded by the UK Space Agency in 2022. Rolls-Royce plan to have a reactor ready to send to the Moon by 2029. Scientists ...