The United States is racing to develop a nuclear reactor on the Moon – but that’s no easy task, and experts disagree over whether the ambitious timeline is possible.
When US space officials said in July that they aimed to launch a nuclear fission reactor on the Moon by 2030, it raised concerns about the safety of having a nuclear reactor on Earth’s satellite. Others questioned why NASA, the American space agency, was speeding up its timeline and what the plans meant for its broader space strategy.
