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NASA Steps Closer to Nuclear Power for Moon Base
• Space
NASA has made a series of critical strides in developing new nuclear reactors the size of a trash can that could power a human outpost on the moon or Mars.
Three recent tests at different NASA centers and a national lab have successfully demonstrated key technologies required for compact fission-based nuclear power plants for human settlements
Ah. Finally a place to plug in my toaster.