NASA’s interim chief Sean Duffy has made deploying a nuclear reactor on the Moon his top priority, framing the effort as a "second space race". Washington hopes to beat Beijing and Moscow to powering…
  • apftwb@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What will it power? I don’t know!

    Who will maintain and refuel it? I don’t know!

    What will it cost? However much SpaceX says it does!

    Will the public benefit from it? NASA won’t have funding so… No!

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
    5·
    3 months ago

    This is entirely unserio, like Musk planning to colonise Mars in like 5 years. It’s a pipe dream.

    If this does happen eventually, it won’t be done by the US, now they’re defunding science agencies and academia.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      If this does happen eventually, it won’t be done by the US, now they’re defunding science agencies and academia.

      First thing I thought…gotta fund it idiots. Trump and his wishes while defunding STEM…