Rolls-Royce secures UK backing to build nuclear reactor on the Moon

Rolls-Royce secures UK backing to build nuclear reactor on the Moon


Future astronauts living and working on the Moon will require robust technologies that store and deliver continuous, reliable energy.  But with no wind, no combustible fuels, no water (as far as we know), and two weeks of darkness at a time —the Moon isn’t exactly the best place to set up a solar or wind farm.   British aerospace company Rolls-Royce believes it has a solution to this conundrum: nuclear micro-reactors.   The UK Space Agency (UKSA) seems to agree. It announced last week £2.9m of funding for Rolls-Royce’s lunar micro-reactor project. This follows a £249,000 study funded by the agency last…

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