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NASA Aims for U.S. to Be First to Put Nuclear Reactor on the Moon: ‘To Have a Base on the Moon, We Need Energy’
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ ...
Opinion - Sean Duffy is doing his a great job at NASA, but it might not be enough
As able as he is, the situation cries out for a permanent NASA administrator, someone with the respect of both President ...
NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...
Opinion | Sean Duffy's plan to fast-track nuclear reactors on the moon misses the mark
Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's plan to put nuclear reactors on the moon is a dangerous ...
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NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means.
The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent ...
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'We want to get there first and claim that for America': NASA chief explains push for nuclear reactor on the moon (video)
Duffy went further than simply saying he wants the United States to beat China to the moon, however. The acting NASA chief ...
NASA’s moon nuclear reactor: What to know
While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...
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NASA nuclear reactor plan
The Trump administration is pushing efforts to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a future human base. A newly ...
NASA Is Already Prepping To Build Trump A Nuclear Reactor On The Moon
T his week NASA administrator Sean Duffy declared the Trump Administration's intention to land a working nuclear fission reactor on the moon by the end of the decade. “We're in a race to the moon, in ...
NASA Lunar Reactor Directive
July 31, 2025 Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices Directors, NASA Centers FROM: Acting Administrator NASA SUBJECT: ...
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Sean Duffy Wants a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030. He Needs Elon Musk’s Help.
If Duffy is serious about his stated objective, then he and the president must work more effectively to integrate SpaceX and other private space startups more fully into NASA.