PM:
Interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy is slated to announce this week that the Trump administration has plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Duffy also serves as the Secretary of Transportation.
NASA has previously considered putting a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon, however the plans expected from Duffy will set a more concrete timeline for when the project will be launched, according to documents obtained by Politico. NASA has been facing budget cuts in other areas, but the White House has increased funding for manned space missions for 2026.
“It is about winning the second space race,” a NASA official told the outlet. Trump named Duffy as the interim NASA administrator after he pulled the nomination for Jared Isaacman, who is also a friend to Elon Musk. The move came as the president and Musk were in a public spat over the “One Big Beautiful Bill” backed by Trump. more
It’s going to take ten years to build an extension cord that long.
I just ran across this moon related post:
https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/08/06/neil-degrasse-tyson-colonization-of-the-moon-n2416826
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How’s about we pay off the national debt first?
Alice has been up there working on it since 1955
That makes a little more sense than colonizing Mars, but I’m not going there.
Cloyd and Gidney the 2 goofy moon men from Rocky and Bullwinkle hardest hit. Neil-Degrasse-Tyson is an idiot.
How about some new reactors here in America first?
OK, I give up: why?
…He’d better hurry up and get the whalers up there, then…
https://youtu.be/U8V2U7vTys0?si=JQTTwoBdRyDePnM7
Wylie1 – Right! And, it’s NOT a “race!”
And while I have the microphone…
Space is not a good place for people to FAFO (that it isn’t a good place). Now, if another planetary body in the Solar System had a decent magnetic field, reasonable gravity and temperature, abundant water/ice and minerals, and an atmosphere capable of stopping protons, electrons and ultraviolet sunlight, then perhaps we should go there and check it out. But not because we’re racing, you egotistical twerps.
^ But the last I checked, there is no such planet.
Zonga
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 15:40 at 3:40 pm
“Alice has been up there working on it since 1955”
…dont forget the inspiration of her husband…
https://youtu.be/0P84NiVGJsw?si=gjG47PMWQZG2d-1q
General Malaise
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 16:29 at 4:29 pm
…here’s some pretty educated theories of how other planets in our own system would treat us…
https://youtu.be/PaapH1qwPX0?si=DlD98_CYMMYluv_2
Darn it. I was all pumped up to laugh at Neil Degrasse-Tyson as a moron when he goes and makes sense: “There are no Moon beings that were displaced!”
Great video, SNS.
ok, i’ll say it…what could possibly go wrong?
We need to be careful about too much construction on the moon, as it could possibly tip over.
I’m going to go buy some stock in Green Cheese.