Private lunar lander Blue Ghost’s shadow is seen on the moon’s surface after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA on March 2, 2025. NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP
NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy announced that the United States was planning to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis campaign to return to the moon and stay there.
“We’re in a race to the moon, in a race with China to the moon,” Duffy told reporters on Aug. 5. ”And to have a base on the moon, we need energy, and [in] some of the key locations on the moon, we’re going to get solar power. But this fission technology is critically important.”
