With the exception of the Juma-Marrois cone and thousands of other regions of the world, energy is needed to keep a city or home running. Whether it’s a light, an electric shower, energy for an internet connection, or continuous light from a traffic light. Imagine that you are colonizing such an inhospitable place as Moon or Mars. Hydroelectric and thermoelectric, no way! Only nuclear power is really effective.

NASA reveals companies hired to deliver nuclear power to the moon

Last Tuesday the 21st NASA disclosed that Westinghouse, IX and Lockheed Martin (an old acquaintance of the agency) won the tender for the project of delivering nuclear power to the moon. Three companies will have to develop a concept that meets the objectives of the US space agency. The winners each won $5 million to develop a nuclear fission system that would power moon bases and eventually be adapted for manned missions to Mars.

The three companies will have to develop a reactor system that will produce 40 kilowatts of power and last at least 10 years on the lunar surface. OUR NASA hopes to test these systems on the Moon by the end of the decade. And, of course, there will probably not be a single reactor on the satellite. “Developing these early designs will help us lay the groundwork for our long-term presence on other worlds,” said Jim Reiter, Associate Administrator of the Space Technologies Mission Directorate. NASA. OUR Lockheed Martin also develops projects of atomic spacecraft for DARPA and the US Department of Defense.

Artemis Program: Humanity Returns to the Moon

O Artemis program there will be three missions. OUR Artemis 1unmanned, will serve as a test for SLS rocket and Orion spacecraftas well as testing other technologies in NASA for manned flights to lunar orbit. In May 2024 (if all goes according to plan) it will be the turn Artemis 2 to put humans into orbit around the Moon and beyond low orbit for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972. OUR Artemis 3 should happen in 2025 and finally land with people on Moon53 years since the last visit to the natural satellite.

SpaceX breaks a new record by completing three launches and takeoffs in just 36 hours.
The Falcon 9 rocket also broke the record for reuse and 100th flight.

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Source: Engadget