NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology

NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology

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CLEVELAND -- NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system.

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And I thought they already had a fission reactor over in that one crater! Maybe they will just copy that one. Although the article talks about them using Uranium and not Helium 3. I thought most folks would find this interesting though.

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