Lockheed Martin is designing fission surface power systems for the Moon.
Credit: Lockheed Martin concept
NASA and the U.S. Energy Department reaffirmed their goal in January to develop a fission surface power system that could be used on the Moon for the Artemis program and for future missions to Mars. The two agencies signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a lunar surface reactor as well as...
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