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NASA wants a nuclear reactor to power a lunar base. It’s not as crazy as it sounds BY ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS ILLUSTRATION BY TAVIS COBURN LAST YEAR, LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER BEING NAMED acting administrator of NASA, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy made an eyebrow-raising announcement to the world: NASA was going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. As part of strengthening U.S. national security in space, he said, this reactor would be designed, built, flown and delivered to the lunar surface by 2030. To many observers, this declaration sounded wild. Why would you want to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? …
摘自《科学美国人》(Scientific American)第334卷 第6期 · 2026年6月刊,Robin George Andrews。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。