Transportation Secretary Duffy wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

[LuckyDuck01!]

Why not? It was the "Space Race" against hostile countries that got us to the moon in the first place. We already had our flag planted there, so we should claim it as our own.

Make the Moon Great Again!

Transportation Secretary Duffy to announce nuclear reactor development plan for the moon​

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will reportedly announce plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to media reports.

NASA has had discussions about the building of a reactor on the lunar surface, but Duffy's directive gives a more definitive timeline and expedites the process. Duffy also serves as the interim administrator of the space agency.

"Fission surface power (FSP) is both an essential and sustainable segment of the lunar and Mars power architectures for future human space exploration missions," the directive states. "To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and to strengthen our national security in space, it is imperative the agency move quickly."

China and Russia have announced on several occasions a joint effort to place a reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s, NASA said. If successful, that would potentially result in the declaration of a "keep-out zone," which could inhibit the United States from establishing a presence there.

"There are very specific areas of the moon that are critical that who gets there first gets to plant their flag," Duffy recently said on "Hannity." "We know the Chinese want to get there as well, so speed is of the essence."

The move means that NASA will continue to have input in nuclear development, despite the Pentagon’s recent cancellation of a joint program on nuclear-powered rocket engines.

The agency will be required to solicit proposals for a 100 kilowatt nuclear reactor to launch by 2030, around the time China intends to put a man on the moon, within 60 days of the directive.

Duffy spoke with Fox News about how NASA's Artemis program aims to return Americans to the Moon.

"We're going to set up a base camp," Duffy said. "And what we learn on the moon is going to take us to Mars."


Transportation Secretary Duffy to announce nuclear reactor development plan for the moon

Here's the problem with a nuclear reactor on the moon, or any colonies on the moon.
Unlike the Earth, the moon has absolutely NO atmosphere. Our planet is regularly hit with small to medium meteorites. For the most part when they enter our atmosphere, they either burn up entirely, or are reduced in size significantly.
With no atmosphere on the moon, there's nothing to reduce their size and therefore, the moon is regularly being bombarded. Because of the distance between us, we don't see those regularly plummeting meteorites, but they hit the moon's surface nonetheless. Whether you put a nuclear reactor or a colony on the moon, even burying them to some degree, they will most definitely get hit.
Unless we can figure a way to create an actual atmosphere, lakes and trees on the moon, anyone moving there would have a short life and with it being tidally locked with the Earth, I just don't see it.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Maybe midnight basketball would be better use of funding EH?

Why not solar you dumb OX? Oh, because like you, its unreliable and doesn't work.

Especially at night on the moon which is two weeks long!

 

[scruffy]

Here's the problem with a nuclear reactor on the moon, or any colonies on the moon.
Unlike the Earth, the moon has absolutely NO atmosphere. Our planet is regularly hit with small to medium meteorites. For the most part when they enter our atmosphere, they either burn up entirely, or are reduced in size significantly.
With no atmosphere on the moon, there's nothing to reduce their size and therefore, the moon is regularly being bombarded. Because of the distance between us, we don't see those regularly plummeting meteorites, but they hit the moon's surface nonetheless. Whether you put a nuclear reactor or a colony on the moon, even burying them to some degree, they will most definitely get hit.
Unless we can figure a way to create an actual atmosphere, lakes and trees on the moon, anyone moving there would have a short life and with it being tidally locked with the Earth, I just don't see it.

That's what the Jewish space lasers are for.

 

[22lcidw]

Wasting taxpayer $$$ on boondoggles makes you a good Trump cult member.

Then you'll whine about the deficit and cut funding for humans on earth.

You had every chance to cancel the Space Launch System. You did not. A pure example of pork. Not that it is not great. It is just too expensive to launch. We would have to quadruple the NASA budget at minimum to even entertain a permanent return to the moon with it and it would still be a scaled down program.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

You had every chance to cancel the Space Launch System.

I did?

You did not. A pure example of pork. Not that it is not great. It is just too expensive to launch. We would have to quadruple the NASA budget at minimum to even entertain a permanent return to the moon with it and it would still be a scaled down program.

 

[Mac-7]

Just leave the moon, Mars and other planets alone.

Tell that to the russians and communist china

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Tell that to the russians and communist china

They will trash it too.

 

[Mac-7]

They will trash it too.

They are going to the moon whether you like it or not

 

[toobfreak]

Transportation Secretary Duffy to announce nuclear reactor development plan for the moon

I heard about that but didn't know who was behind it. As I understand, all of this was precipitated by the Chinese landing on the other side of the Moon and leaving something there set up, essentially declaring it part of China, so now there is an impetus for us to do the same in order to plant our flag in a few locations as USA territory before all of the lunar real estate get gobbled up.

 

[toobfreak]

Unless we can figure a way to create an actual atmosphere, lakes and trees on the moon, anyone moving there would have a short life and with it being tidally locked with the Earth, I just don't see it.

Actually, any moon bases on the Moon will be subterranean, protecting people from radiation and impacts. But while the Moon is hit all of the time by micrometeorites, significant impacts are rare now and a big hit in any one given location is mathematically insignificant.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

They are going to the moon whether you like it or not

Happy trails.

 

[Mac-7]

Happy trails.

Happy for our enemies

But not so happy for future Americans if we follow your lead and stick our heads in the sand

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Happy for our enemies

But not so happy for future Americans if we follow your lead and stick our heads in the sand

By building a nuclear plant?

That's stupid even for Trump.
Although he did want to nuke a hurricane.
YES, he is THAT STUPID.

 

[Mac-7]

By building a nuclear plant?

That's stupid even for Trump.
Although he did want to nuke a hurricane.
YES, he is THAT STUPID.

Are you anti nuke?

US forces will need energy on the moon

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Are you anti nuke?

On the moon?
YES.

US forces will need energy on the moon

In the first place WTF would US forces need to be on the moon?
For what?

 

[Mac-7]

On the moon?
YES.

In the first place WTF would US forces need to be on the moon?
For what?

to prevent our enemies from monopolizing a strategic military location and all the mineral wealth the moon contains

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

to prevent our enemies from monopolizing a strategic military location

LOL.

and all the mineral wealth the moon contains

So now we are going to mine the moon?

 

[Mac-7]

LOL.

So now we are going to mine the moon?

You should not laugh at things you cannot understand

 

[kyzr]

One of the dumbest idea's ever.
What about the deficit Trump and cult are always whining about?

What deficit? When the Fed cuts rates we should get a surplus.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

What deficit? When the Fed cuts rates we should get a surplus.

Sure.

Enough to send people to build a nuclear reactor on the moon OR build a white house ballroom?