UK engineering giant Rolls-Royce has secured £2.9m (€3.3m, $3.5m) funding from the UK Space Agency for research into how nuclear power could be used to support a future Moon base for astronauts.
Scientists and engineers at Rolls-Royce are working on programme to develop microreactor technology that will provide power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon.
The aim of the project is to deliver an initial demonstration of a UK lunar modular nuclear reactor.
Scientists and engineers at Rolls-Royce are working on programme to develop microreactor technology that will provide power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon.
The aim of the project is to deliver an initial demonstration of a UK lunar modular nuclear reactor.
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