Space Race Begins; NASA Wants to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030

Farida Tue Aug 2025 3 months ago 482

According to this report, this action is part of America’s goals to establish a permanent human base on the moon’s surface.


According to a Politico report, Sean Duffy, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, who has temporarily taken charge of NASA under Donald Trump, referring to similar programs by China and Russia, stated that these two countries “may designate an area on the moon as a restricted zone.”


Following this decision, Duffy, in a letter, requested NASA to “act quickly as it is essential to make appropriate progress in this vital technology to support the future lunar economy, energy production on Mars, and strengthen our national security in space.”


He also asked private companies to submit proposals for building a reactor capable of producing at least 100 kilowatts.


In the past, NASA had awarded three $5 million contracts to companies for reactor design.


Meanwhile, China and Russia announced in May this year that they plan to build an automated nuclear power plant on the moon by 2035.


Given that a lunar day is equivalent to about four Earth weeks (including two weeks of sunlight and two weeks of complete darkness), using solar energy poses challenges. For this reason, many scientists believe that a nuclear reactor is the best, and perhaps the only, way to provide sustainable electricity on the moon’s surface.

American media have reported that the United States space agency (NASA) plans to accelerate the program to build a nuclear reactor on the moon’s surface by 2030.

FARIDA AMINI

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