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The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

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 ?

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said last year it planned to build a nuclear reactor on the moon’s surface with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) by 2035 to power the ILRS.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos last year announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon’s surface with the China National Space Administration by 2035 in order to power the ILRS.

China is considering building a nuclear plant on the moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) it is planning with Russia, a presentation by a senior official showed on Wednesday.