NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon until 2030, in a political play

NASA is accelerating its plans to build a nuclear reactor nuclear reactor on the moon as soon as possible. The rush is moved by the willingness to anticipate China and Russia.

The US Secretary of State for Transport, Sean Duffythis week will announce the construction of a Nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030.

The news was advanced by, which highlights this action as Duffy’s first great measure as NASA’s interim administrator.

According to the same newspaper, Duffy also gave a directive to replace the International Space Station faster – Another known goal of NASA.

Both measures could help accelerate US efforts to reach the moon and Mars – a goal that China is also chasing.

NASA is looking for companies capable of launching a reactor by 2030, as it is for this Height that China intends to land its first astronaut on the moon.

NASA plans to assign at least two companies a contract within six months after the proposals of the agency. Responses expect to place a new station in the space by 2030, because, otherwise, only China would have a permanently manned space station in orbit.

“This is about winning the second space race”he said anonymously to the politician, a high NASA employee.

Plans align with the focus of the administration Donald Trump on the manned space flight. The White House proposed a budget that would increase the funds for human space flight to 2026 – even while defending drastic cuts in other programs, including a Cut of almost 50% for scientific missions.

As the politician says, the reactor directive orders the agency to request industry proposals for a 100 kilowatt nuclear reactor to be launched by 2030a key consideration for the return of astronauts to the lunar surface.

The first country to have a reactor could “declare an exclusion zone that would significantly inhibit the United States,” says the directive, in a clear sign of concern about a joint project that China and Russia launched.