Trump Orders Pentagon Pete to Send Nuclear Reactors to Space
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President Donald Trump has a big new ask of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The White House has ordered NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Pentagon to compete in designing nuclear reactors to be in the moon’s orbit by the end of Trump’s second term and on its surface by 2030.
Trump’s demand came in a memo sent to the agencies on Tuesday, four months after he signed an executive order outlining plans for nuclear power on the moon—a necessity for establishing a permanent moon base, expanding space exploration, and achieving “space superiority.”
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Trump Endorses Nuclear Space Reactors
- NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon Wired —
- NASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the White House plan to get it Scientific American —
- The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10 MIT Technology Review —
- Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031 The Register —