Lunar Infrastructure & Space Resource Opportunities from NASA's Moon Reactor Plans

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NASA to announce plans to build nuclear reactor on the moon

Posted by u/TheExpressUS•08/05/2025

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u/FuturologyBot

The following submission statement was provided by /u/TheExpressUS: --- Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-du

u/notmyrealnameatleast

Just watched that video, damn that is some straight up propaganda and lies in that segment. Their body language tells me they are saying stuff they know isn't true as well. He told the ne

u/Luke_Cocksucker

Well, this won’t ever happen either. Most likely a way to shuffle money into already wealthy people’s pockets.

u/Inquisitor_ForHire

So they're going to spend money to put a reactor on the moon while simultaneously closing their cafeterias so their smart people can't eat lunch. /BRILLIANT!!

u/pup5581

How would all of the companies profit off of a MRI that doesn't cost 3K or a ambulance ride that's 1,000? pshh. Once Medicare is gone they are going to get a lot richer

u/Crooked_Sartre

Idk if I want Hegseth in charge of a Gundam..

u/WarDredge

Supervillains with one of the most prominent crimes they have committed being pedophilia.

u/ChesterNorris

Bold plan when you consider that NASA doesn't even have enough money to build a lawnmower in a garage.

u/SpacecadetShep

Yes. I worked at NASA during the summers while I was in school.One of our reference missions (like a proof of concept for the tech we were developing) was use robots to build a 10-30ft tall s

u/Mr-FD

Yeah that's almost as crazy as the Trump-Epstein cover-up.

u/Awingbestwing

Man if we’re gonna blow this much money can we at least get a Gundam

u/Hazzman

I gotta be honest - "Secret Army base on the moon" just sounds like a distraction.

u/eggnogui

With what funding, and what scientists, though? Clowns thrash the entire US academic apparatus and then act like they can do a Kennedy and just declare they will do things in space.

u/peskyghost

Can’t imagine how they’ll accomplish this when they’re driving a brain drain across the country

u/Colavs9601

There are plenty of reasons to be mad at the world’s elites/governments, you don’t have to make up stuff.

u/Shit_Shepard

We’ve been on a decline since the 90s and have getting beat down since 2010. This is not something that just started and no administration congress or anybody has tried to stop it. But they d

u/Find_another_whey

Helping future rich overlords escape the earthen hellscape they helped create is not jack shit It's far worse

u/Wurm42

No, the serious plans for a permanent base on the Moon usually include a small nuclear reactor-- it's too hard to store solar energy through the two week lunar night. Before Trump was electe

u/Presently_Absent

Paranoid delusions driving NASA direction now. Wow.

u/Darklord_Bravo

Please don't tell me some knuckle head watched For All Mankind and thought this was a good idea. Because that's what it sounds like. 🤦‍♂️

u/lIlIllIlIlIII

Free Mario's brother

u/LittleWhiteDragon

That's because of greed from the healthcare providers!!!

u/friz_CHAMP

Agreed. I could've just said listen to the 4 minute mark, but I feel like all the blowing of the army added context to him slipping stuff out about the moon. Cause when I first heard it I tho

u/Shit_Shepard

We’ve been on a decline since the 90s and have getting beat down since 2010. This is not something that just started and no administration congress or anybody has tried to stop it. But they d

u/Red_Icnivad

>The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” the directive states, according to POLITICO Ah. There's the real

u/VelkaFrey

Funny thing, with traditional methods they will need water on the moon. This creates lots of issues with thermal dissipation

u/eggnogui

With what funding, and what scientists, though? Clowns thrash the entire US academic apparatus and then act like they can do a Kennedy and just declare they will do things in space.

u/friz_CHAMP

It does, but i don't think he meant to spill the beans on it during a fluff interview.

u/Vivid-Illustrations

Damnit... how did you know I wanted Deathscythe? Have I become that predictable? It's the Batman of the Gundam series.

u/Dawg605

Can you please explain what you mean? The only thing I can think you mean after thinking about it for a few seconds is that they want to get nuclear power going on the moon so that they can b

u/SpacecadetShep

Yes. I worked at NASA during the summers while I was in school.One of our reference missions (like a proof of concept for the tech we were developing) was use robots to build a 10-30ft tall s

u/Inquisitor_ForHire

So they're going to spend money to put a reactor on the moon while simultaneously closing their cafeterias so their smart people can't eat lunch. /BRILLIANT!!

u/Craxin

I’ll believe it when they land another person on the moon again first. And, with their current defunding, that’s going to be third Tuesday of never.

u/West-Abalone-171

Back to their cold war roots, I guess? https://youtu.be/ybSzoLCCX-Y?t=220s

u/LittleWhiteDragon

That's because of greed from the healthcare providers!!!

u/skyysdalmt

Anyone watch the Apple show For All Mankind?

u/lIlIllIlIlIII

Free Mario's brother

u/Luke_Cocksucker

Well, this won’t ever happen either. Most likely a way to shuffle money into already wealthy people’s pockets.

u/CleverCrow_4178

...or Austin Powers supervillains...

u/jregovic

Billions. That company will get billions.

u/Darklord_Bravo

Please don't tell me some knuckle head watched For All Mankind and thought this was a good idea. Because that's what it sounds like. 🤦‍♂️

u/friz_CHAMP

You're thinking of Starbucks

u/Equiliari

Is it a spot that is ideal to put up a slowly spinning solar panel that will be in the sun 100% of the time? I mean, if we ignore the whole nuclear power plant potentially making it obsolete

u/klutzikaze

Yup I haven't watched all of it yet but enough to see the kerfuffle over weapons in space and how it's a bit more difficult then just taking a gun up there. Last I watched they had a base wit

u/Capt_Murphy_

Create a "The Running Man" show on the moon. The contestants? Our wealthiest elites. That TV show would shatter records.

u/Purpleguy1980

Wasn't NASA's budget also cut?

u/Detox208

With what budget? Can we send ICE to the moon since they’ve got billions to burn?

u/EpicProdigy

Escape the earthen hellscape to the completely desolate moon thats devoid of anything capable of sustaining life without working technology to keep you alive?

u/Lain_Staley

Well the real reason is that the words "nuclear" and even "moon" mean something entirely different than what's written on the tin for the masses. Many outlandish yet publicized articles are

u/Hotdammzilla3000

NOAA, don't know the guy, never met him.

u/ChesterNorris

Bold plan when you consider that NASA doesn't even have enough money to build a lawnmower in a garage.

u/Find_another_whey

Helping future rich overlords escape the earthen hellscape they helped create is not jack shit It's far worse

u/Hotdammzilla3000

NOAA, don't know the guy, never met him.

u/ktaktb

Yeah, this is just a way to pay your friends and cronies who consult on the moon nuclear power project.

u/Capt_Murphy_

Create a "The Running Man" show on the moon. The contestants? Our wealthiest elites. That TV show would shatter records.

u/SuperStarPlatinum

There are a lot of Sargent Hatreds in the current regime.

u/Red_Icnivad

>The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” the directive states, according to POLITICO Ah. There's the real

u/friz_CHAMP

I'm sure at that point we'll be arguing about some social issue that effects 1% of the population and uses up 70% of the political debate we have stamina for so the money will go unnoticed.

u/peskyghost

Can’t imagine how they’ll accomplish this when they’re driving a brain drain across the country

u/Typecero001

Wait, you **want** them to have gundams? Just look at what they do with Bomber planes!

u/Craxin

I’ll believe it when they land another person on the moon again first. And, with their current defunding, that’s going to be third Tuesday of never.

u/Detox208

With what budget? Can we send ICE to the moon since they’ve got billions to burn?

u/xRockTripodx

Doesn't this sort of require a moon base with a staff? This all seems very, very dumb.

u/howescj82

Pink Panther supervillain… of the Peter Sellers variety.

u/TheExpressUS

Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-duffy-cockpit) is expected to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear re

u/ElectrikDonuts

God dammit there is soooo much propaganda in that I can't even watch it. And I did over a decade in the military...

u/Michaelh2017

[https://youtu.be/goh2x\_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89](https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89)

u/zephyy

With the cut billions of dollars and 4000 employees who just left? I was dismissive of the idea we'd go to the moon this decade, but hopeful it would happen by 2030-2031. Now the next flag

u/friz_CHAMP

Dude... listen to the Secretary of the Army brag from 3:39 to 4:20. Pay close attention to what he says at 4:00 https://youtu.be/uq8EU96vvRE?si=kYKCEAwJ-essC-RW Now that you've watched tha

u/Red_Icnivad

>The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” the directive states, according to POLITICO Ah. There's the real

u/TheExpressUS

Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-duffy-cockpit) is expected to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear re

u/Dredkinetic

This is the real shit right here... sadly. lol

u/Awingbestwing

Man if we’re gonna blow this much money can we at least get a Gundam

u/naileyes

I look around the world at the multiplying crises that threaten to overwhelm our future and I think, “if only the moon had nuclear power.”

u/xRockTripodx

Doesn't this sort of require a moon base with a staff? This all seems very, very dumb.

u/Otterz4Life

SpaceX is sure to get a nice, fat contract to do all of it. NASA is a shell of its former self.

u/deadcom

Can't have universal healthcare, but sure.. A reactor on the moon, why the fuck not?

u/Red_Icnivad

>The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” the directive states, according to POLITICO Ah. There's the real

u/SpacecadetShep

Yes. I worked at NASA during the summers while I was in school.One of our reference missions (like a proof of concept for the tech we were developing) was use robots to build a 10-30ft tall s

u/RLewis8888

A secret military base on the moon would be a good place to hide the Epstein list.

u/pebbleproblems

So would we be shopping water off the planet to the moon?

u/ElectrikDonuts

God dammit there is soooo much propaganda in that I can't even watch it. And I did over a decade in the military...

u/Purpleguy1980

Or you could have neither as the economy crashes.

u/Tropical_Geek1

My guess is they will just land an RTG and claim "mission acomplished".

u/pup5581

How would all of the companies profit off of a MRI that doesn't cost 3K or a ambulance ride that's 1,000? pshh. Once Medicare is gone they are going to get a lot richer

u/lIlIllIlIlIII

Free Mario's brother

u/manyouzhe

Feel that China will get three working ones here before US even starts actually doing anything.

u/friz_CHAMP

It does, but i don't think he meant to spill the beans on it during a fluff interview.

u/pebbleproblems

So would we be shopping water off the planet to the moon?

u/West-Abalone-171

Wdym, the US is doing star trek right now https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots pretty much line for line and week for week. They're perfectly on track for the second civil war in

u/Lain_Staley

Well the real reason is that the words "nuclear" and even "moon" mean something entirely different than what's written on the tin for the masses. Many outlandish yet publicized articles are

u/eggnogui

With what funding, and what scientists, though? Clowns thrash the entire US academic apparatus and then act like they can do a Kennedy and just declare they will do things in space.

u/VelkaFrey

Funny thing, with traditional methods they will need water on the moon. This creates lots of issues with thermal dissipation

u/Find_another_whey

Helping future rich overlords escape the earthen hellscape they helped create is not jack shit It's far worse

u/Fullertonjr

They won’t follow through with this. What is going to happen is that some companies are going to receive an ungodly amount dog money to do a bunch of “work” that will shockingly never be com

u/Hotdammzilla3000

In space being born on third base isn't a qualifier. Humanity will go to space, it'll just be the Chinese. They operate with a solid plan, not a concept of a plan. IMO, just look at the mo

u/reddit_is_geh

Honestly I'm not sure... From what I roughly recall it's at the far south where it gets total sun but it's kind of a deep and small crater so you're safe from meteors while the bottom of it i

u/Dawg605

Can you please explain what you mean? The only thing I can think you mean after thinking about it for a few seconds is that they want to get nuclear power going on the moon so that they can b

u/yet-again-temporary

The real question is, are they going to train nuclear physicists to be astronauts or take a bunch of astronauts and teach them nuclear physics?

u/SandeeBelarus

There is a piece in “Day After Roswell” where the US wanted to build a moon base to protect against extraterrestrial threats, and a key component for any base that far away would be energy pr

u/Mr-FD

Yeah that's almost as crazy as the Trump-Epstein cover-up.

u/West-Abalone-171

Wdym, the US is doing star trek right now https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots pretty much line for line and week for week. They're perfectly on track for the second civil war in

u/Craxin

I’ll believe it when they land another person on the moon again first. And, with their current defunding, that’s going to be third Tuesday of never.

u/Wingzero02

sweet, so how to they plan to keep the reactors within operating temp or they also ignoring the science of that?

u/Joaim

What could possibly be worth mining on the moon with the fuel of transport use in mind.

u/xRockTripodx

Doesn't this sort of require a moon base with a staff? This all seems very, very dumb.

u/FreneticZen

Probably not. Need another few toilet seats for the White House. They’ll be spray painted gold, but those cans of Krylon are mighty expensive now. Tarrifs, and all this. Deathsythe is going

u/peskyghost

Can’t imagine how they’ll accomplish this when they’re driving a brain drain across the country

u/klutzikaze

Yup I haven't watched all of it yet but enough to see the kerfuffle over weapons in space and how it's a bit more difficult then just taking a gun up there. Last I watched they had a base wit

u/Inquisitor_ForHire

So they're going to spend money to put a reactor on the moon while simultaneously closing their cafeterias so their smart people can't eat lunch. /BRILLIANT!!

u/Luke_Cocksucker

Well, this won’t ever happen either. Most likely a way to shuffle money into already wealthy people’s pockets.

u/discussatron

And then I think, "That would *totally* trigger the libs" and I chortle.

u/IamMe90

… with what money? Didn’t you just cut NASA’s budget by eleventy-billion dollars?

u/FreneticZen

Probably not. Need another few toilet seats for the White House. They’ll be spray painted gold, but those cans of Krylon are mighty expensive now. Tarrifs, and all this. Deathsythe is going

u/West-Abalone-171

The plans for a permanent lunar base all include an electrolyser and a thousand tonne hydrolox tank sitting outside on the launch pad. If you can't figure out how to store a few GWh with tha

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u/naileyes

I look around the world at the multiplying crises that threaten to overwhelm our future and I think, “if only the moon had nuclear power.”

u/EpicProdigy

Escape the earthen hellscape to the completely desolate moon thats devoid of anything capable of sustaining life without working technology to keep you alive?

u/Crooked_Sartre

Idk if I want Hegseth in charge of a Gundam..

u/Lazy_meatPop

Does it come with a whiskey dispenser? If so no problem.

u/Gunningham

“Watch for Hurricanes? Nah. Not like we’ll do anything about it anyway.”

u/klutzikaze

Yup I haven't watched all of it yet but enough to see the kerfuffle over weapons in space and how it's a bit more difficult then just taking a gun up there. Last I watched they had a base wit

u/friz_CHAMP

Agreed. I could've just said listen to the 4 minute mark, but I feel like all the blowing of the army added context to him slipping stuff out about the moon. Cause when I first heard it I tho

u/FreneticZen

Probably not. Need another few toilet seats for the White House. They’ll be spray painted gold, but those cans of Krylon are mighty expensive now. Tarrifs, and all this. Deathsythe is going

u/lIlIllIlIlIII

Free Mario's brother

u/Dawg605

Can you please explain what you mean? The only thing I can think you mean after thinking about it for a few seconds is that they want to get nuclear power going on the moon so that they can b

u/pup5581

How would all of the companies profit off of a MRI that doesn't cost 3K or a ambulance ride that's 1,000? pshh. Once Medicare is gone they are going to get a lot richer

u/Darklord_Bravo

Please don't tell me some knuckle head watched For All Mankind and thought this was a good idea. Because that's what it sounds like. 🤦‍♂️

u/Odeeum

The US is run by a collection of James Bond supervillains...

u/Presently_Absent

Paranoid delusions driving NASA direction now. Wow.

u/friz_CHAMP

I'm sure at that point we'll be arguing about some social issue that effects 1% of the population and uses up 70% of the political debate we have stamina for so the money will go unnoticed.

u/Bodoblock

Illegal aliens on the moon, huh?

u/peskyghost

Can’t imagine how they’ll accomplish this when they’re driving a brain drain across the country

u/jregovic

Billions. That company will get billions.

u/Bedu009

You can say that about anything NASA does leave the scientists to their fun

u/SandeeBelarus

There is a piece in “Day After Roswell” where the US wanted to build a moon base to protect against extraterrestrial threats, and a key component for any base that far away would be energy pr

u/reddit_is_geh

The current arms race for the moon is for a specific spot, both China and the USA want that spot. It's the only ideal place for a base because of how the terrain and light is... It's like rig

u/Bodoblock

Illegal aliens on the moon, huh?

u/huntrshado

like the other comment says, its just an excuse to leech more money from the government for trump and his friends. If the US was still a proper country, it may be a legit concern that we have

u/zephyy

With the cut billions of dollars and 4000 employees who just left? I was dismissive of the idea we'd go to the moon this decade, but hopeful it would happen by 2030-2031. Now the next flag

u/friz_CHAMP

I'm sure at that point we'll be arguing about some social issue that effects 1% of the population and uses up 70% of the political debate we have stamina for so the money will go unnoticed.

u/Awingbestwing

Don’t worry, a blue haired teen will take control of it and be deeply empathetic

u/SpacecadetShep

Yes. I worked at NASA during the summers while I was in school.One of our reference missions (like a proof of concept for the tech we were developing) was use robots to build a 10-30ft tall s

u/Equiliari

Is it a spot that is ideal to put up a slowly spinning solar panel that will be in the sun 100% of the time? I mean, if we ignore the whole nuclear power plant potentially making it obsolete

u/Fullertonjr

They won’t follow through with this. What is going to happen is that some companies are going to receive an ungodly amount dog money to do a bunch of “work” that will shockingly never be com

u/West-Abalone-171

Back to their cold war roots, I guess? https://youtu.be/ybSzoLCCX-Y?t=220s

u/naileyes

I look around the world at the multiplying crises that threaten to overwhelm our future and I think, “if only the moon had nuclear power.”

u/Bedu009

You can say that about anything NASA does leave the scientists to their fun

u/Hotdammzilla3000

Is NASA still a thing? How many gubment social programs does one have to raid to buy a ginormous moon slingshot. Heck, H. G. Wells first man on the moon is more believable. Will the EPSTE

u/Hazzman

I gotta be honest - "Secret Army base on the moon" just sounds like a distraction.

u/reddit_is_geh

The current arms race for the moon is for a specific spot, both China and the USA want that spot. It's the only ideal place for a base because of how the terrain and light is... It's like rig

u/Vivid-Illustrations

Damnit... how did you know I wanted Deathscythe? Have I become that predictable? It's the Batman of the Gundam series.

u/Detox208

They’re likely looking at the vast reserves of ice that have collected in the craters that don’t ever see the sun. There’s plenty of water there. Set up a solar array on the rim of the crater

u/reddit_is_geh

The current arms race for the moon is for a specific spot, both China and the USA want that spot. It's the only ideal place for a base because of how the terrain and light is... It's like rig

u/SuperStarPlatinum

There are a lot of Sargent Hatreds in the current regime.

u/zephyy

With the cut billions of dollars and 4000 employees who just left? I was dismissive of the idea we'd go to the moon this decade, but hopeful it would happen by 2030-2031. Now the next flag

u/Wingzero02

sweet, so how to they plan to keep the reactors within operating temp or they also ignoring the science of that?

u/Michaelh2017

[https://youtu.be/goh2x\_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89](https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89)

u/korben2600

With what scientists though? Didn't Donnie Diddler just cut NASA's budget by 50% and lay off thousands? Or are we talking private sector? Because Boeing's Starliner is doing so phenomenally?

u/Fullertonjr

They won’t follow through with this. What is going to happen is that some companies are going to receive an ungodly amount dog money to do a bunch of “work” that will shockingly never be com

u/xRockTripodx

Doesn't this sort of require a moon base with a staff? This all seems very, very dumb.

u/peskyghost

Can’t imagine how they’ll accomplish this when they’re driving a brain drain across the country

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u/jregovic

Billions. That company will get billions.

u/yet-again-temporary

The real question is, are they going to train nuclear physicicst to be astronauts or take a bunch of astronauts and teach them nuclear physics?

u/Presently_Absent

Paranoid delusions driving NASA direction now. Wow.

u/Xyrus2000

And how are they planning to get it up there? An ACME catapult? Because they aren't launching any rockets to the moon with axing they got.

u/West-Abalone-171

Back to their cold war roots, I guess? https://youtu.be/ybSzoLCCX-Y?t=220s

u/Darklord_Bravo

Please don't tell me some knuckle head watched For All Mankind and thought this was a good idea. Because that's what it sounds like. 🤦‍♂️

u/SuperStarPlatinum

There are a lot of Sargent Hatreds in the current regime.

u/Dredkinetic

This is the real shit right here... sadly. lol

u/Beneficial_Soup3699

Which is what's going to happen. Hard for NASA to build much of anything without a budget or personnel. Sure does make for good headlines though lmao

u/korben2600

With what scientists though? Didn't Donnie Diddler just cut NASA's budget by 50% and lay off thousands? Or are we talking private sector? Because Boeing's Starliner is doing so phenomenally?

u/friz_CHAMP

I'm sure at that point we'll be arguing about some social issue that effects 1% of the population and uses up 70% of the political debate we have stamina for so the money will go unnoticed.

u/discussatron

And then I think, "That would *totally* trigger the libs" and I chortle.

u/FuturologyBot

The following submission statement was provided by /u/TheExpressUS: --- Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-du

u/_badwithcomputer

News sources are really only interested in snarky headlines and providing scant details. But this is a project that started nearly 10 years ago, and is actually a fission project not an up

u/yet-again-temporary

The real question is, are they going to train nuclear physicists to be astronauts or take a bunch of astronauts and teach them nuclear physics?

u/Xyrus2000

And how are they planning to get it up there? An ACME catapult? Because they aren't launching any rockets to the moon with axing they got.

u/DMala

They’re not that smart, the mailing address will just be Mar-a-Lago.

u/Michaelh2017

[https://youtu.be/goh2x\_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89](https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89)

u/SandeeBelarus

There is a piece in “Day After Roswell” where the US wanted to build a moon base to protect against extraterrestrial threats, and a key component for any base that far away would be energy pr

u/West-Abalone-171

Back to their cold war roots, I guess? https://youtu.be/ybSzoLCCX-Y?t=220s

u/AiR-P00P

where are they going to find a cable long enough to bring all that sweet energy back?

u/CleverCrow_4178

...or Austin Powers supervillains...

u/naileyes

I look around the world at the multiplying crises that threaten to overwhelm our future and I think, “if only the moon had nuclear power.”

u/I_Enjoy_Beer

With what budget? With what personnel? Since DOGE and the Big Bullshit Bill, I cannot believe this plan is an earnest goal. Instead, this seems more like a bombastic headline grabber to tr

u/Detox208

With what budget? Can we send ICE to the moon since they’ve got billions to burn?

u/West-Abalone-171

Wdym, the US is doing star trek right now https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots pretty much line for line and week for week. They're perfectly on track for the second civil war in

u/notmyrealnameatleast

Just watched that video, damn that is some straight up propaganda and lies in that segment. Their body language tells me they are saying stuff they know isn't true as well. He told the ne

u/WarDredge

Supervillains with one of the most prominent crimes they have committed being pedophilia.

u/Detox208

They’re likely looking at the vast reserves of ice that have collected in the craters that don’t ever see the sun. There’s plenty of water there. Set up a solar array on the rim of the crater

u/yet-again-temporary

The real question is, are they going to train nuclear physicists to be astronauts or take a bunch of astronauts and teach them nuclear physics?

u/Michaelh2017

[https://youtu.be/goh2x\_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89](https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89)

u/ElectrikDonuts

God dammit there is soooo much propaganda in that I can't even watch it. And I did over a decade in the military...

u/yet-again-temporary

The real question is, are they going to train nuclear physicists to be astronauts or take a bunch of astronauts and teach them nuclear physics?

u/pebbleproblems

So would we be shopping water off the planet to the moon?

u/West-Abalone-171

Wdym, the US is doing star trek right now https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots pretty much line for line and week for week. They're perfectly on track for the second civil war in

u/Hotdammzilla3000

NOAA, don't know the guy, never met him.

u/CleverCrow_4178

...or Austin Powers supervillains...

u/Joaim

Wow fusion is a very big deal, makes sense now, thanks.

u/deadcom

Can't have universal healthcare, but sure.. A reactor on the moon, why the fuck not?

u/michael-65536

Could have both. It's not an either/or.

u/naileyes

I look around the world at the multiplying crises that threaten to overwhelm our future and I think, “if only the moon had nuclear power.”

u/notmyrealnameatleast

Just watched that video, damn that is some straight up propaganda and lies in that segment. Their body language tells me they are saying stuff they know isn't true as well. He told the ne

u/Dawg605

Can you please explain what you mean? The only thing I can think you mean after thinking about it for a few seconds is that they want to get nuclear power going on the moon so that they can b

u/Gunningham

“Watch for Hurricanes? Nah. Not like we’ll do anything about it anyway.”

u/skyysdalmt

Anyone watch the Apple show For All Mankind?

u/Crooked_Sartre

Idk if I want Hegseth in charge of a Gundam..

u/Fullertonjr

They won’t follow through with this. What is going to happen is that some companies are going to receive an ungodly amount dog money to do a bunch of “work” that will shockingly never be com

u/xRockTripodx

Doesn't this sort of require a moon base with a staff? This all seems very, very dumb.

u/BowlEducational6722

Didn't they literally just gut NASA's staff and budget?

u/Lazy_meatPop

Does it come with a whiskey dispenser? If so no problem.

u/DMala

They’re not that smart, the mailing address will just be Mar-a-Lago.

u/TheExpressUS

Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-duffy-cockpit) is expected to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear re

u/ktaktb

Yeah, this is just a way to pay your friends and cronies who consult on the moon nuclear power project.

u/sam_suite

These people are way more boring and transparent about their evil than you give them credit for

u/Darklord_Bravo

Please don't tell me some knuckle head watched For All Mankind and thought this was a good idea. Because that's what it sounds like. 🤦‍♂️

u/Find_another_whey

Helping future rich overlords escape the earthen hellscape they helped create is not jack shit It's far worse

u/Caculon

Fat basdard is president?

u/Hazzman

I gotta be honest - "Secret Army base on the moon" just sounds like a distraction.

u/DMala

They’re not that smart, the mailing address will just be Mar-a-Lago.

u/Hotdammzilla3000

In space being born on third base isn't a qualifier. Humanity will go to space, it'll just be the Chinese. They operate with a solid plan, not a concept of a plan. IMO, just look at the mo

u/Detox208

They’re likely looking at the vast reserves of ice that have collected in the craters that don’t ever see the sun. There’s plenty of water there. Set up a solar array on the rim of the crater

u/cjboffoli

Putting a bunch of radioactive material in a rocket is an excellent idea, because rockets never blow u...... oh wait.

u/I_Enjoy_Beer

With what budget? With what personnel? Since DOGE and the Big Bullshit Bill, I cannot believe this plan is an earnest goal. Instead, this seems more like a bombastic headline grabber to tr

u/Anastariana

There will be neither while the US is run by a senile, tangerine pedophile.

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u/friz_CHAMP

Agreed. I could've just said listen to the 4 minute mark, but I feel like all the blowing of the army added context to him slipping stuff out about the moon. Cause when I first heard it I tho

u/Anastariana

There will be neither while the US is run by a senile, tangerine pedophile.

u/Detox208

With what budget? Can we send ICE to the moon since they’ve got billions to burn?

u/michael-65536

Could have both. It's not an either/or.

u/_badwithcomputer

News sources are really only interested in snarky headlines and providing scant details. But this is a project that started nearly 10 years ago, and is actually a fission project not an up

u/pulyx

So many people are going to die for absolutely jack shit

u/friz_CHAMP

It does, but i don't think he meant to spill the beans on it during a fluff interview.

u/reddit_is_geh

I think it's 3He? Basically it's highly reactive on earth. It doesn't last long and is insanely rare. And it only exists way up in our atmosphere. So yeah, needless to say it's expensive. H

u/Colavs9601

There are plenty of reasons to be mad at the world’s elites/governments, you don’t have to make up stuff.

u/LittleWhiteDragon

That's because of greed from the healthcare providers!!!

u/Lain_Staley

Well the real reason is that the words "nuclear" and even "moon" mean something entirely different than what's written on the tin for the masses. Many outlandish yet publicized articles are

u/I_Enjoy_Beer

With what budget? With what personnel? Since DOGE and the Big Bullshit Bill, I cannot believe this plan is an earnest goal. Instead, this seems more like a bombastic headline grabber to tr

u/reddit_is_geh

I think it's 3He? Basically it's highly reactive on earth. It doesn't last long and is insanely rare. And it only exists way up in our atmosphere. So yeah, needless to say it's expensive. H

u/Wurm42

No, the serious plans for a permanent base on the Moon usually include a small nuclear reactor-- it's too hard to store solar energy through the two week lunar night. Before Trump was electe

u/manyouzhe

Feel that China will get three working ones here before US even starts actually doing anything.

u/sam_suite

These people are way more boring and transparent about their evil than you give them credit for

u/Beneficial_Soup3699

Which is what's going to happen. Hard for NASA to build much of anything without a budget or personnel. Sure does make for good headlines though lmao

u/West-Abalone-171

The plans for a permanent lunar base all include an electrolyser and a thousand tonne hydrolox tank sitting outside on the launch pad. If you can't figure out how to store a few GWh with tha

u/Caculon

Fat basdard is president?

u/Anastariana

There will be neither while the US is run by a senile, tangerine pedophile.

u/I_Enjoy_Beer

With what budget? With what personnel? Since DOGE and the Big Bullshit Bill, I cannot believe this plan is an earnest goal. Instead, this seems more like a bombastic headline grabber to tr

u/Lazy_meatPop

Does it come with a whiskey dispenser? If so no problem.

u/Rhawk187

Very cool. I consider myself a Conservationalist but not an Environmentalist, and I've found lunar development to be a great way to distinguish between the two. I've encountered several peo

u/AstariaEriol

The one they siphon into someone’s pocket before declaring the project over.

u/friz_CHAMP

It does, but i don't think he meant to spill the beans on it during a fluff interview.

u/RLewis8888

A secret military base on the moon would be a good place to hide the Epstein list.

u/naileyes

I look around the world at the multiplying crises that threaten to overwhelm our future and I think, “if only the moon had nuclear power.”

u/Bodoblock

Illegal aliens on the moon, huh?

u/skyysdalmt

Anyone watch the Apple show For All Mankind?

u/Dawg605

Can you please explain what you mean? The only thing I can think you mean after thinking about it for a few seconds is that they want to get nuclear power going on the moon so that they can b

u/friz_CHAMP

Dude... listen to the Secretary of the Army brag from 3:39 to 4:20. Pay close attention to what he says at 4:00 https://youtu.be/uq8EU96vvRE?si=kYKCEAwJ-essC-RW Now that you've watched tha

u/howescj82

Pink Panther supervillain… of the Peter Sellers variety.

u/SpacecadetShep

Yes. I worked at NASA during the summers while I was in school.One of our reference missions (like a proof of concept for the tech we were developing) was use robots to build a 10-30ft tall s

u/Dredkinetic

This is the real shit right here... sadly. lol

u/friz_CHAMP

I'm sure at that point we'll be arguing about some social issue that effects 1% of the population and uses up 70% of the political debate we have stamina for so the money will go unnoticed.

u/FuturologyBot

The following submission statement was provided by /u/TheExpressUS: --- Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-du

u/DMala

They’re not that smart, the mailing address will just be Mar-a-Lago.

u/friz_CHAMP

You're thinking of Starbucks

u/Purpleguy1980

Sounds like something that one could imagine way down the line on space colonization. Not something that matters or helps recently.

u/pup5581

How would all of the companies profit off of a MRI that doesn't cost 3K or a ambulance ride that's 1,000? pshh. Once Medicare is gone they are going to get a lot richer

u/GromieBooBoo

Nothing will ever go wrong, humans build things like nuclear reactors that are never going to cause the moon to explode or anything problems to worry about happening to our one and only Moon.

u/Lain_Staley

Well the real reason is that the words "nuclear" and even "moon" mean something entirely different than what's written on the tin for the masses. Many outlandish yet publicized articles are

u/BowlEducational6722

Didn't they literally just gut NASA's staff and budget?

u/Equiliari

Is it a spot that is ideal to put up a slowly spinning solar panel that will be in the sun 100% of the time? I mean, if we ignore the whole nuclear power plant potentially making it obsolete

u/Crooked_Sartre

Idk if I want Hegseth in charge of a Gundam..

u/Odeeum

The US is run by a collection of James Bond supervillains...

u/SandeeBelarus

There is a piece in “Day After Roswell” where the US wanted to build a moon base to protect against extraterrestrial threats, and a key component for any base that far away would be energy pr

u/reddit_is_geh

The current arms race for the moon is for a specific spot, both China and the USA want that spot. It's the only ideal place for a base because of how the terrain and light is... It's like rig

u/Detox208

With what budget? Can we send ICE to the moon since they’ve got billions to burn?

u/Xyrus2000

And how are they planning to get it up there? An ACME catapult? Because they aren't launching any rockets to the moon with axing they got.

u/Gunningham

“Watch for Hurricanes? Nah. Not like we’ll do anything about it anyway.”

u/Detox208

They’re likely looking at the vast reserves of ice that have collected in the craters that don’t ever see the sun. There’s plenty of water there. Set up a solar array on the rim of the crater

u/deadcom

Can't have universal healthcare, but sure.. A reactor on the moon, why the fuck not?

u/West-Abalone-171

The plans for a permanent lunar base all include an electrolyser and a thousand tonne hydrolox tank sitting outside on the launch pad. If you can't figure out how to store a few GWh with tha

u/Typecero001

Wait, you **want** them to have gundams? Just look at what they do with Bomber planes!

u/Detox208

They’re likely looking at the vast reserves of ice that have collected in the craters that don’t ever see the sun. There’s plenty of water there. Set up a solar array on the rim of the crater

u/howescj82

Pink Panther supervillain… of the Peter Sellers variety.

u/Otterz4Life

SpaceX is sure to get a nice, fat contract to do all of it. NASA is a shell of its former self.

u/_badwithcomputer

News sources are really only interested in snarky headlines and providing scant details. But this is a project that started nearly 10 years ago, and is actually a fission project not an up

u/Hotdammzilla3000

In space being born on third base isn't a qualifier. Humanity will go to space, it'll just be the Chinese. They operate with a solid plan, not a concept of a plan. IMO, just look at the mo

u/IamMe90

… with what money? Didn’t you just cut NASA’s budget by eleventy-billion dollars?

u/Dredkinetic

This is the real shit right here... sadly. lol

u/Hotdammzilla3000

In space being born on third base isn't a qualifier. Humanity will go to space, it'll just be the Chinese. They operate with a solid plan, not a concept of a plan. IMO, just look at the mo

u/sam_suite

These people are way more boring and transparent about their evil than you give them credit for

u/Purpleguy1980

Or you could have neither as the economy crashes.

u/West-Abalone-171

The plans for a permanent lunar base all include an electrolyser and a thousand tonne hydrolox tank sitting outside on the launch pad. If you can't figure out how to store a few GWh with tha

u/Luke_Cocksucker

Well, this won’t ever happen either. Most likely a way to shuffle money into already wealthy people’s pockets.

u/friz_CHAMP

It does, but i don't think he meant to spill the beans on it during a fluff interview.

u/ChesterNorris

Bold plan when you consider that NASA doesn't even have enough money to build a lawnmower in a garage.

u/Bananacream3141592

Meanwhile people literally just want food and healthcare

u/deadcom

Can't have universal healthcare, but sure.. A reactor on the moon, why the fuck not?

u/Mr-FD

Yeah that's almost as crazy as the Trump-Epstein cover-up.

u/Beneficial_Soup3699

Which is what's going to happen. Hard for NASA to build much of anything without a budget or personnel. Sure does make for good headlines though lmao

u/EpicProdigy

Escape the earthen hellscape to the completely desolate moon thats devoid of anything capable of sustaining life without working technology to keep you alive?

u/Shit_Shepard

We’ve been on a decline since the 90s and have getting beat down since 2010. This is not something that just started and no administration congress or anybody has tried to stop it. But they d

u/Bodoblock

Illegal aliens on the moon, huh?

u/FreneticZen

Probably not. Need another few toilet seats for the White House. They’ll be spray painted gold, but those cans of Krylon are mighty expensive now. Tarrifs, and all this. Deathsythe is going

u/zephyy

With the cut billions of dollars and 4000 employees who just left? I was dismissive of the idea we'd go to the moon this decade, but hopeful it would happen by 2030-2031. Now the next flag

u/SuperStarPlatinum

There are a lot of Sargent Hatreds in the current regime.

u/Joaim

What could possibly be worth mining on the moon with the fuel of transport use in mind.

u/RLewis8888

A secret military base on the moon would be a good place to hide the Epstein list.

u/AstariaEriol

The one they siphon into someone’s pocket before declaring the project over.

u/eggnogui

With what funding, and what scientists, though? Clowns thrash the entire US academic apparatus and then act like they can do a Kennedy and just declare they will do things in space.

u/Hazzman

I gotta be honest - "Secret Army base on the moon" just sounds like a distraction.

u/VelkaFrey

Funny thing, with traditional methods they will need water on the moon. This creates lots of issues with thermal dissipation

u/jregovic

Billions. That company will get billions.

u/FreneticZen

Probably not. Need another few toilet seats for the White House. They’ll be spray painted gold, but those cans of Krylon are mighty expensive now. Tarrifs, and all this. Deathsythe is going

u/discussatron

And then I think, "That would *totally* trigger the libs" and I chortle.

u/Otterz4Life

SpaceX is sure to get a nice, fat contract to do all of it. NASA is a shell of its former self.

u/Wingzero02

sweet, so how to they plan to keep the reactors within operating temp or they also ignoring the science of that?

u/Bedu009

You can say that about anything NASA does leave the scientists to their fun

u/pulyx

So many people are going to die for absolutely jack shit

u/Shit_Shepard

We’ve been on a decline since the 90s and have getting beat down since 2010. This is not something that just started and no administration congress or anybody has tried to stop it. But they d

u/Wingzero02

sweet, so how to they plan to keep the reactors within operating temp or they also ignoring the science of that?

u/Hotdammzilla3000

NOAA, don't know the guy, never met him.

u/reddit_is_geh

I think it's 3He? Basically it's highly reactive on earth. It doesn't last long and is insanely rare. And it only exists way up in our atmosphere. So yeah, needless to say it's expensive. H

u/howescj82

Pink Panther supervillain… of the Peter Sellers variety.

u/Purpleguy1980

Or you could have neither as the economy crashes.

u/michael-65536

Could have both. It's not an either/or.

u/discussatron

And then I think, "That would *totally* trigger the libs" and I chortle.

u/EpicProdigy

Escape the earthen hellscape to the completely desolate moon thats devoid of anything capable of sustaining life without working technology to keep you alive?

u/Xyrus2000

And how are they planning to get it up there? An ACME catapult? Because they aren't launching any rockets to the moon with axing they got.

u/SandeeBelarus

There is a piece in “Day After Roswell” where the US wanted to build a moon base to protect against extraterrestrial threats, and a key component for any base that far away would be energy pr

u/Red_Icnivad

>The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” the directive states, according to POLITICO Ah. There's the real

u/Lazy_meatPop

Does it come with a whiskey dispenser? If so no problem.

u/FuturologyBot

The following submission statement was provided by /u/TheExpressUS: --- Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-du

u/AuntieMarkovnikov

Perfect response

u/IamMe90

… with what money? Didn’t you just cut NASA’s budget by eleventy-billion dollars?

u/CleverCrow_4178

...or Austin Powers supervillains...

u/Anastariana

There will be neither while the US is run by a senile, tangerine pedophile.

u/AstariaEriol

The one they siphon into someone’s pocket before declaring the project over.

u/reddit_is_geh

Honestly I'm not sure... From what I roughly recall it's at the far south where it gets total sun but it's kind of a deep and small crater so you're safe from meteors while the bottom of it i

u/Tropical_Geek1

My guess is they will just land an RTG and claim "mission acomplished".

u/Vivid-Illustrations

Damnit... how did you know I wanted Deathscythe? Have I become that predictable? It's the Batman of the Gundam series.

u/kennedye2112

Either way, I don’t want to miss a thing.

u/Dredkinetic

This is the real shit right here... sadly. lol

u/Dredkinetic

This is the real shit right here... sadly. lol

u/Mr-FD

Yeah that's almost as crazy as the Trump-Epstein cover-up.

u/Wurm42

No, the serious plans for a permanent base on the Moon usually include a small nuclear reactor-- it's too hard to store solar energy through the two week lunar night. Before Trump was electe

u/RLewis8888

A secret military base on the moon would be a good place to hide the Epstein list.

u/ElderSmackJack

They’re totally going to accidentally blow up the moon, aren’t they?

u/Odeeum

The US is run by a collection of James Bond supervillains...

u/Wurm42

No, the serious plans for a permanent base on the Moon usually include a small nuclear reactor-- it's too hard to store solar energy through the two week lunar night. Before Trump was electe

u/Fullertonjr

They won’t follow through with this. What is going to happen is that some companies are going to receive an ungodly amount dog money to do a bunch of “work” that will shockingly never be com

u/Odeeum

The US is run by a collection of James Bond supervillains...

u/Joaim

What could possibly be worth mining on the moon with the fuel of transport use in mind.

u/NathanCollier14

Finally, something to help our citizens who are starving. Thank fucking god.

u/Anastariana

There will be neither while the US is run by a senile, tangerine pedophile.

u/yet-again-temporary

The real question is, are they going to train nuclear physicists to be astronauts or take a bunch of astronauts and teach them nuclear physics?

u/FuturologyBot

The following submission statement was provided by /u/TheExpressUS: --- Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-du

u/Bodoblock

Illegal aliens on the moon, huh?

u/Hotdammzilla3000

Is NASA still a thing? How many gubment social programs does one have to raid to buy a ginormous moon slingshot. Heck, H. G. Wells first man on the moon is more believable. Will the EPSTE

u/friz_CHAMP

Dude... listen to the Secretary of the Army brag from 3:39 to 4:20. Pay close attention to what he says at 4:00 https://youtu.be/uq8EU96vvRE?si=kYKCEAwJ-essC-RW Now that you've watched tha

u/korben2600

With what scientists though? Didn't Donnie Diddler just cut NASA's budget by 50% and lay off thousands? Or are we talking private sector? Because Boeing's Starliner is doing so phenomenally?

u/WarDredge

Supervillains with one of the most prominent crimes they have committed being pedophilia.

u/Typecero001

Wait, you **want** them to have gundams? Just look at what they do with Bomber planes!

u/pup5581

How would all of the companies profit off of a MRI that doesn't cost 3K or a ambulance ride that's 1,000? pshh. Once Medicare is gone they are going to get a lot richer

u/ElderSmackJack

They’re totally going to accidentally blow up the moon, aren’t they?

u/Michaelh2017

[https://youtu.be/goh2x\_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89](https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89)

u/Wingzero02

sweet, so how to they plan to keep the reactors within operating temp or they also ignoring the science of that?

u/Awingbestwing

Don’t worry, a blue haired teen will take control of it and be deeply empathetic

u/Luke_Cocksucker

Well, this won’t ever happen either. Most likely a way to shuffle money into already wealthy people’s pockets.

u/ktaktb

Yeah, this is just a way to pay your friends and cronies who consult on the moon nuclear power project.

u/kennedye2112

Either way, I don’t want to miss a thing.

u/michael-65536

Could have both. It's not an either/or.

u/LittleWhiteDragon

That's because of greed from the healthcare providers!!!

u/Lain_Staley

Well the real reason is that the words "nuclear" and even "moon" mean something entirely different than what's written on the tin for the masses. Many outlandish yet publicized articles are

u/VelkaFrey

Funny thing, with traditional methods they will need water on the moon. This creates lots of issues with thermal dissipation

u/reddit_is_geh

I think it's 3He? Basically it's highly reactive on earth. It doesn't last long and is insanely rare. And it only exists way up in our atmosphere. So yeah, needless to say it's expensive. H

u/michael-65536

Could have both. It's not an either/or.

u/michael-65536

Could have both. It's not an either/or.

u/Lain_Staley

Well the real reason is that the words "nuclear" and even "moon" mean something entirely different than what's written on the tin for the masses. Many outlandish yet publicized articles are

u/eggnogui

With what funding, and what scientists, though? Clowns thrash the entire US academic apparatus and then act like they can do a Kennedy and just declare they will do things in space.

u/zephyy

With the cut billions of dollars and 4000 employees who just left? I was dismissive of the idea we'd go to the moon this decade, but hopeful it would happen by 2030-2031. Now the next flag

u/Hotdammzilla3000

Is NASA still a thing? How many gubment social programs does one have to raid to buy a ginormous moon slingshot. Heck, H. G. Wells first man on the moon is more believable. Will the EPSTE

u/ktaktb

Yeah, this is just a way to pay your friends and cronies who consult on the moon nuclear power project.

u/Beneficial_Soup3699

Which is what's going to happen. Hard for NASA to build much of anything without a budget or personnel. Sure does make for good headlines though lmao

u/Bodoblock

Illegal aliens on the moon, huh?

u/Vivid-Illustrations

Damnit... how did you know I wanted Deathscythe? Have I become that predictable? It's the Batman of the Gundam series.

u/SuperStarPlatinum

There are a lot of Sargent Hatreds in the current regime.

u/ElderSmackJack

They’re totally going to accidentally blow up the moon, aren’t they?

u/sam_suite

These people are way more boring and transparent about their evil than you give them credit for

u/deadcom

Can't have universal healthcare, but sure.. A reactor on the moon, why the fuck not?

u/pulyx

So many people are going to die for absolutely jack shit

u/friz_CHAMP

You're thinking of Starbucks

u/friz_CHAMP

You're thinking of Starbucks

u/zazon5

You are so dumb; I won't even waste my time trying to explain why that's a horrendous idea.

u/manyouzhe

Feel that China will get three working ones here before US even starts actually doing anything.

u/howescj82

Pink Panther supervillain… of the Peter Sellers variety.

u/BowlEducational6722

Didn't they literally just gut NASA's staff and budget?

u/discussatron

And then I think, "That would *totally* trigger the libs" and I chortle.

u/Hotdammzilla3000

Is NASA still a thing? How many gubment social programs does one have to raid to buy a ginormous moon slingshot. Heck, H. G. Wells first man on the moon is more believable. Will the EPSTE

u/Bedu009

You can say that about anything NASA does leave the scientists to their fun

u/reddit_is_geh

The current arms race for the moon is for a specific spot, both China and the USA want that spot. It's the only ideal place for a base because of how the terrain and light is... It's like rig

u/Xyrus2000

And how are they planning to get it up there? An ACME catapult? Because they aren't launching any rockets to the moon with axing they got.

u/kennedye2112

Either way, I don’t want to miss a thing.

u/Craxin

I’ll believe it when they land another person on the moon again first. And, with their current defunding, that’s going to be third Tuesday of never.

u/ElderSmackJack

They’re totally going to accidentally blow up the moon, aren’t they?

u/IamMe90

… with what money? Didn’t you just cut NASA’s budget by eleventy-billion dollars?

u/Tropical_Geek1

My guess is they will just land an RTG and claim "mission acomplished".

u/Vivid-Illustrations

Damnit... how did you know I wanted Deathscythe? Have I become that predictable? It's the Batman of the Gundam series.

u/Purpleguy1980

Or you could have neither as the economy crashes.

u/huntrshado

like the other comment says, its just an excuse to leech more money from the government for trump and his friends. If the US was still a proper country, it may be a legit concern that we have

u/VelkaFrey

Funny thing, with traditional methods they will need water on the moon. This creates lots of issues with thermal dissipation

u/Equiliari

Is it a spot that is ideal to put up a slowly spinning solar panel that will be in the sun 100% of the time? I mean, if we ignore the whole nuclear power plant potentially making it obsolete

u/Shit_Shepard

We’ve been on a decline since the 90s and have getting beat down since 2010. This is not something that just started and no administration congress or anybody has tried to stop it. But they d

u/Presently_Absent

Paranoid delusions driving NASA direction now. Wow.

u/Tropical_Geek1

My guess is they will just land an RTG and claim "mission acomplished".

u/Awingbestwing

Man if we’re gonna blow this much money can we at least get a Gundam

u/Inquisitor_ForHire

So they're going to spend money to put a reactor on the moon while simultaneously closing their cafeterias so their smart people can't eat lunch. /BRILLIANT!!

u/Lazy_meatPop

Does it come with a whiskey dispenser? If so no problem.

u/Colavs9601

There are plenty of reasons to be mad at the world’s elites/governments, you don’t have to make up stuff.

u/huntrshado

like the other comment says, its just an excuse to leech more money from the government for trump and his friends. If the US was still a proper country, it may be a legit concern that we have

u/lIlIllIlIlIII

Free Mario's brother

u/Hotdammzilla3000

NOAA, don't know the guy, never met him.

u/jregovic

Billions. That company will get billions.

u/Joaim

What could possibly be worth mining on the moon with the fuel of transport use in mind.

u/reddit_is_geh

Honestly I'm not sure... From what I roughly recall it's at the far south where it gets total sun but it's kind of a deep and small crater so you're safe from meteors while the bottom of it i

u/kennedye2112

Either way, I don’t want to miss a thing.

u/friz_CHAMP

Dude... listen to the Secretary of the Army brag from 3:39 to 4:20. Pay close attention to what he says at 4:00 https://youtu.be/uq8EU96vvRE?si=kYKCEAwJ-essC-RW Now that you've watched tha

u/TheExpressUS

Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-duffy-cockpit) is expected to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear re

u/Darklord_Bravo

Please don't tell me some knuckle head watched For All Mankind and thought this was a good idea. Because that's what it sounds like. 🤦‍♂️

u/TheExpressUS

Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-duffy-cockpit) is expected to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear re

u/Bullmoose39

Sounds like the plot of a super villain Where is Scorpio when we need him? In all honesty, these idiots can barely walk and chew gum at the same time. Very low expectations.

u/Crooked_Sartre

Idk if I want Hegseth in charge of a Gundam..

u/reddit_is_geh

Honestly I'm not sure... From what I roughly recall it's at the far south where it gets total sun but it's kind of a deep and small crater so you're safe from meteors while the bottom of it i

u/pulyx

So many people are going to die for absolutely jack shit

u/Gunningham

“Watch for Hurricanes? Nah. Not like we’ll do anything about it anyway.”

u/notmyrealnameatleast

Just watched that video, damn that is some straight up propaganda and lies in that segment. Their body language tells me they are saying stuff they know isn't true as well. He told the ne

u/Hazzman

I gotta be honest - "Secret Army base on the moon" just sounds like a distraction.

u/Purpleguy1980

Or you could have neither as the economy crashes.

u/Craxin

I’ll believe it when they land another person on the moon again first. And, with their current defunding, that’s going to be third Tuesday of never.

u/ElectrikDonuts

God dammit there is soooo much propaganda in that I can't even watch it. And I did over a decade in the military...

u/huntrshado

like the other comment says, its just an excuse to leech more money from the government for trump and his friends. If the US was still a proper country, it may be a legit concern that we have

u/Joaim

What could possibly be worth mining on the moon with the fuel of transport use in mind.

u/RLewis8888

A secret military base on the moon would be a good place to hide the Epstein list.

u/Hotdammzilla3000

In space being born on third base isn't a qualifier. Humanity will go to space, it'll just be the Chinese. They operate with a solid plan, not a concept of a plan. IMO, just look at the mo

u/ElderSmackJack

They’re totally going to accidentally blow up the moon, aren’t they?

u/sam_suite

These people are way more boring and transparent about their evil than you give them credit for

u/Presently_Absent

Paranoid delusions driving NASA direction now. Wow.

u/BowlEducational6722

Didn't they literally just gut NASA's staff and budget?

u/klutzikaze

Yup I haven't watched all of it yet but enough to see the kerfuffle over weapons in space and how it's a bit more difficult then just taking a gun up there. Last I watched they had a base wit

u/EpicProdigy

Escape the earthen hellscape to the completely desolate moon thats devoid of anything capable of sustaining life without working technology to keep you alive?

u/Caculon

Fat basdard is president?

u/friz_CHAMP

Agreed. I could've just said listen to the 4 minute mark, but I feel like all the blowing of the army added context to him slipping stuff out about the moon. Cause when I first heard it I tho

u/Awingbestwing

Man if we’re gonna blow this much money can we at least get a Gundam

u/kennedye2112

Either way, I don’t want to miss a thing.

u/AstariaEriol

The one they siphon into someone’s pocket before declaring the project over.

u/reddit_is_geh

I think it's 3He? Basically it's highly reactive on earth. It doesn't last long and is insanely rare. And it only exists way up in our atmosphere. So yeah, needless to say it's expensive. H

u/pebbleproblems

So would we be shopping water off the planet to the moon?

u/Hotdammzilla3000

I agree, it's hard to watch our ass getting beat down, because of a weak pedophile felon surrounded with and by a bunch of incompetent idiots. Maybe that was the plan all along.

u/Colavs9601

There are plenty of reasons to be mad at the world’s elites/governments, you don’t have to make up stuff.

u/korben2600

With what scientists though? Didn't Donnie Diddler just cut NASA's budget by 50% and lay off thousands? Or are we talking private sector? Because Boeing's Starliner is doing so phenomenally?

u/I_Enjoy_Beer

With what budget? With what personnel? Since DOGE and the Big Bullshit Bill, I cannot believe this plan is an earnest goal. Instead, this seems more like a bombastic headline grabber to tr

u/Colavs9601

There are plenty of reasons to be mad at the world’s elites/governments, you don’t have to make up stuff.

u/AstariaEriol

The one they siphon into someone’s pocket before declaring the project over.

u/WarDredge

Supervillains with one of the most prominent crimes they have committed being pedophilia.

u/Beneficial_Soup3699

Which is what's going to happen. Hard for NASA to build much of anything without a budget or personnel. Sure does make for good headlines though lmao

u/Awingbestwing

Don’t worry, a blue haired teen will take control of it and be deeply empathetic

u/korben2600

With what scientists though? Didn't Donnie Diddler just cut NASA's budget by 50% and lay off thousands? Or are we talking private sector? Because Boeing's Starliner is doing so phenomenally?

u/Awingbestwing

Man if we’re gonna blow this much money can we at least get a Gundam

u/AstariaEriol

The one they siphon into someone’s pocket before declaring the project over.

u/pulyx

So many people are going to die for absolutely jack shit

u/Equiliari

Is it a spot that is ideal to put up a slowly spinning solar panel that will be in the sun 100% of the time? I mean, if we ignore the whole nuclear power plant potentially making it obsolete

u/pebbleproblems

So would we be shopping water off the planet to the moon?

u/Red_Icnivad

>The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” the directive states, according to POLITICO Ah. There's the real

u/reddit_is_geh

Honestly I'm not sure... From what I roughly recall it's at the far south where it gets total sun but it's kind of a deep and small crater so you're safe from meteors while the bottom of it i

u/Find_another_whey

Helping future rich overlords escape the earthen hellscape they helped create is not jack shit It's far worse

u/Typecero001

Wait, you **want** them to have gundams? Just look at what they do with Bomber planes!

u/Detox208

With what budget? Can we send ICE to the moon since they’ve got billions to burn?

u/ReallyBugged0ut

America still has scientists? I figured they all left due to cuts in federal research funding, political interference, loss of intellectual freedom, and being poached by our rivals.

u/deadcom

Can't have universal healthcare, but sure.. A reactor on the moon, why the fuck not?

u/friz_CHAMP

Agreed. I could've just said listen to the 4 minute mark, but I feel like all the blowing of the army added context to him slipping stuff out about the moon. Cause when I first heard it I tho

u/ElectrikDonuts

God dammit there is soooo much propaganda in that I can't even watch it. And I did over a decade in the military...

u/Caculon

Fat basdard is president?

u/West-Abalone-171

The plans for a permanent lunar base all include an electrolyser and a thousand tonne hydrolox tank sitting outside on the launch pad. If you can't figure out how to store a few GWh with tha

u/friz_CHAMP

You're thinking of Starbucks

u/Awingbestwing

Man if we’re gonna blow this much money can we at least get a Gundam

u/Inquisitor_ForHire

So they're going to spend money to put a reactor on the moon while simultaneously closing their cafeterias so their smart people can't eat lunch. /BRILLIANT!!

u/skyysdalmt

Anyone watch the Apple show For All Mankind?

u/West-Abalone-171

Back to their cold war roots, I guess? https://youtu.be/ybSzoLCCX-Y?t=220s

u/Purpleguy1980

Or you could have neither as the economy crashes.

u/zephyy

With the cut billions of dollars and 4000 employees who just left? I was dismissive of the idea we'd go to the moon this decade, but hopeful it would happen by 2030-2031. Now the next flag

u/Gunningham

“Watch for Hurricanes? Nah. Not like we’ll do anything about it anyway.”

u/LittleWhiteDragon

That's because of greed from the healthcare providers!!!

u/pulyx

So many people are going to die for absolutely jack shit

u/huntrshado

like the other comment says, its just an excuse to leech more money from the government for trump and his friends. If the US was still a proper country, it may be a legit concern that we have

u/ChesterNorris

Bold plan when you consider that NASA doesn't even have enough money to build a lawnmower in a garage.

u/FuturologyBot

The following submission statement was provided by /u/TheExpressUS: --- Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-du

u/BowlEducational6722

Didn't they literally just gut NASA's staff and budget?

u/Awingbestwing

Don’t worry, a blue haired teen will take control of it and be deeply empathetic

u/Gunningham

“Watch for Hurricanes? Nah. Not like we’ll do anything about it anyway.”

u/Michaelh2017

[https://youtu.be/goh2x\_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89](https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?si=abnY7PbvVDka5G89)

u/Odeeum

The US is run by a collection of James Bond supervillains...

u/Otterz4Life

SpaceX is sure to get a nice, fat contract to do all of it. NASA is a shell of its former self.

u/notmyrealnameatleast

Just watched that video, damn that is some straight up propaganda and lies in that segment. Their body language tells me they are saying stuff they know isn't true as well. He told the ne

u/_badwithcomputer

News sources are really only interested in snarky headlines and providing scant details. But this is a project that started nearly 10 years ago, and is actually a fission project not an up

u/TheExpressUS

Secretary of Transportation [Sean Duffy](https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/162382/transport-secretary-sean-duffy-cockpit) is expected to announce expedited plans to build a nuclear re

u/manyouzhe

Feel that China will get three working ones here before US even starts actually doing anything.

u/_badwithcomputer

News sources are really only interested in snarky headlines and providing scant details. But this is a project that started nearly 10 years ago, and is actually a fission project not an up

u/LittleWhiteDragon

That's because of greed from the healthcare providers!!!

u/Hotdammzilla3000

Is NASA still a thing? How many gubment social programs does one have to raid to buy a ginormous moon slingshot. Heck, H. G. Wells first man on the moon is more believable. Will the EPSTE

u/Wurm42

No, the serious plans for a permanent base on the Moon usually include a small nuclear reactor-- it's too hard to store solar energy through the two week lunar night. Before Trump was electe

u/CleverCrow_4178

...or Austin Powers supervillains...

u/Otterz4Life

SpaceX is sure to get a nice, fat contract to do all of it. NASA is a shell of its former self.

u/manyouzhe

Feel that China will get three working ones here before US even starts actually doing anything.

u/skyysdalmt

Anyone watch the Apple show For All Mankind?

u/Mr-FD

Yeah that's almost as crazy as the Trump-Epstein cover-up.

u/I_Enjoy_Beer

With what budget? With what personnel? Since DOGE and the Big Bullshit Bill, I cannot believe this plan is an earnest goal. Instead, this seems more like a bombastic headline grabber to tr

u/West-Abalone-171

Wdym, the US is doing star trek right now https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots pretty much line for line and week for week. They're perfectly on track for the second civil war in

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u/ChesterNorris

Bold plan when you consider that NASA doesn't even have enough money to build a lawnmower in a garage.

u/Luke_Cocksucker

Well, this won’t ever happen either. Most likely a way to shuffle money into already wealthy people’s pockets.

u/friz_CHAMP

Dude... listen to the Secretary of the Army brag from 3:39 to 4:20. Pay close attention to what he says at 4:00 https://youtu.be/uq8EU96vvRE?si=kYKCEAwJ-essC-RW Now that you've watched tha

u/Caculon

Fat basdard is president?

u/pentultimate

"Bridge to nowhere"? nah eff that, we got a "Nuclear reactor on the moon"!!

u/WarDredge

Supervillains with one of the most prominent crimes they have committed being pedophilia.

u/Tropical_Geek1

My guess is they will just land an RTG and claim "mission acomplished".

u/ktaktb

Yeah, this is just a way to pay your friends and cronies who consult on the moon nuclear power project.

u/DMala

They’re not that smart, the mailing address will just be Mar-a-Lago.

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