[HN Gopher] NASA to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
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       NASA to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
        
       Author : standardUser
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2025-08-04 21:55 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.politico.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.politico.com)
        
       | lemonberry wrote:
       | I don't know enough about any aspect of this to make an
       | intelligent comment, but commenting in hopes that those that do
       | will.
        
         | PaulHoule wrote:
         | For this to work they need to have some way to land large
         | objects on the moon, for one thing. Right now that doesn't
         | exist.
         | 
         | One reason you might want one for a human settlement is that
         | the "day" on the moon is a whole month so, in most places, you
         | have no sunlight for 14 days so you would need at least two
         | weeks of storage to get through the night on solar energy.
        
           | endmin wrote:
           | [delayed]
        
       | gnabgib wrote:
       | H1/title: _Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon_
        
         | anigbrowl wrote:
         | I don't think the original headline is helpful here. While it's
         | aimed at Politico's readership, 'Duffy' isn't a household name
         | to most people. I would have gone with 'NASA administrator' or
         | so.
        
       | FrankWilhoit wrote:
       | The future of "space exploration" is a few more rockets blow up
       | on the pad, followed by total abandonment of the whole idea.
        
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