Italy Begins Development of Nuclear Reactor for Lunar Settlements

Italy’s national space agency, ASI, has kicked off its Selene project, which aims to develop small nuclear fission reactors to power settlements on the Moon. In 2023, the Selene (Sistema Energetico Lunare con l’Energia Nucleare) project was among the winners of an ASI funding call aimed at developing alternative energy solutions for the Moon that […]
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Published by European Spaceflight on 12/07/2024