An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, should it be deflected or blown up? A paper from NASA scientists and ...

An Asteroid Known as a ‘City Killer’ May Be Heading to the Moon — and Scientists Are Wondering If Earth Should Nuke It

A group of scientists recently published a paper that considers options for dealing with the asteroid — one of which includes ...
Federal News Network

It sounds like the start of a sci-fi thriller: nuclear reactors on the moon

"If you are interested in long-term space colonization or lunar bases or Mars bases, nuclear becomes quite quickly your only option," said James Walker.

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon.

In August, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the agency to fast-track an effort to land a reactor on the moon by late 2029. The agency wants a 100-kilowatt system, about enough to power a ...
EurekAlert!

Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Roughly 12,550 miles above Earth, a constellation of U.S. global positioning satellites orbits the planet. GPS satellites also carry a sophisticated system designed to detect above ...
Penn Live

NASA to build nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains what the law has to say | The Conversation

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about ...
Phys.org

Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into moon: Study

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to ...