UK Space Agency Funds Rolls-Royce’s Lunar Nuclear Reactor
As humanity resets its gaze toward Moon, British aerospace company Rolls-Royce Holdings is continuing its work on developing nuclear power sources for spaceflight and exploration. Today, the company announced funding from the U.K. Space Agency to further research and develop a nuclear reactor that’s meant to power a future base on the Moon.The U.K. Space Agency provided Rolls-Royce Holdings with £2.9 million, which isabout $3.5 million USD, according to a press release from the agency. Rolls-Royce elaborated in its!-->…