August 5Aug 5 Not quite sure what the purpose of a nuclear reactor on the moon would be - other than it sounds cool to the rubes.
August 5Aug 5 4 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said: Not quite sure what the purpose of a nuclear reactor on the moon would be - other than it sounds cool to the rubes. power AI data centers
August 5Aug 5 3 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said: power AI data centers Or Teslas, the new Moon Rover.
August 6Aug 6 10 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said: Not quite sure what the purpose of a nuclear reactor on the moon would be - other than it sounds cool to the rubes. Well, you idiot, simply ship the energy back to earth via Tesla batteries.
August 6Aug 6 If we ever set up a base on the moon it is still going to need power while it is not in the direct sunlight. Also, the reaction could be utilized to provide warm habitat for people in the vacuum of space.
August 6Aug 6 18 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: If we ever set up a base on the moon it is still going to need power while it is not in the direct sunlight. Also, the reaction could be utilized to provide warm habitat for people in the vacuum of space. Hint: We ain't setting up a base on the moon. Oh there will be talk of setting up one, there will be money grifted by the ton, but there will be no base.
August 6Aug 6 Going at face value, nuke plant on the moon makes sense. Think about Chernobyl, or 3-mile Island. Who cares, it’s the moon, right? Much less impact. However, practicality of such a thing, not so much. You gotta think about getting that power back to earth, which isn’t such an easy thing. Let alone the other possible worries. from such a thing. We’re fucked.
August 6Aug 6 They claim this reactor will be the equivalent of powering 80 homes. They also claim it’s going to be an important piece in the mission to get to Mars. Color me skeptical for everything but the grifting and bribing.
August 6Aug 6 2 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said: Color me skeptical for everything but the grifting and bribing. Bingo. There are now absolutely zero "public projects" that do not have as their SOLE purpose funneling wealth to favored people. It's not mostly grift, it's ALL grift. All of it.
August 6Aug 6 5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: Bingo. There are now absolutely zero "public projects" that do not have as their SOLE purpose funneling wealth to favored people. It's not mostly grift, it's ALL grift. All of it. As a recenct victim to the "funneling of wealth"... fuck those cocksucking mother fuckers in the ass with an aids infested dick that also fucked rosie o'donell.
August 16Aug 16 NASA is giving up on it's Earth science mission now. In violation of its chartering 1958 law https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/nasas-acting-chief-calls-for-the-end-of-earth-science-at-the-space-agency/ "All the climate science, and all of the other priorities that the last administration had at NASA, we’re going to move aside, and all of the science that we do is going to be directed towards exploration, which is the mission of NASA," Duffy said during the appearance. "That’s why we have NASA, to explore, not to do all of these Earth sciences."
August 31Aug 31 Buried the lede, naturally. But the new executive order that bans NASA from having an employee union does so under the justification of the agency's involvement with "intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work." https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-employees-fear-worsening-conditions-as-new-trump-executive-order-eliminates-their-right-to-unionize So it seems NASA is no longer science and exploration, but surveillance and security. Yippee. And I'm pretty sure we're not going to the moon. Edited August 31Aug 31 by Captainant
August 31Aug 31 2 hours ago, Armybrat said: Maybe this is what he meant…… You call that a pressed ham?!??!??
August 31Aug 31 When they said get back to the moon in five years, they meant five years after Nazi rocket boi is done perfecting AI anime porn.
November 8Nov 8 Author From an article linked by @Hagbard Celine and written by a Longhorn Blue Origin about to launch another New Glenn. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/blue-origin-will-move-heaven-and-earth-to-help-nasa-reach-the-moon-faster-ceo-says/ Quote This year it has become increasingly apparent that, should NASA stick to its present plans for the Artemis III lunar landing mission, China is on course to beat the United States back to the Moon with humans. In recognition of this, about three weeks ago, NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy said the space agency was reopening the competition for a human lander. SpaceX and Blue Origin both have existing contracts for human landers, but the government has asked each providers for an option to accelerate their timeline. NASA currently has a target landing date of 2027, but that is unrealistic using the present approach of SpaceX’s Starship or Blue Origin’s large Mk. 2 lander. Quote Ars exclusively reported in early October that Blue Origin had begun work on a faster architecture, involving multiple versions of its Mk. 1 cargo lander as well as a modified version of this vehicle tentatively called Mk 1.5. Limp said that after Duffy asked for revised proposals, Blue Origin responded almost immediately.
November 13Nov 13 Game on my friends... We now have two American companies that can land rockets on ocean barges... Congrats to the New Glenn folks! https://www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
November 13Nov 13 12 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said: Game on my friends... We now have two American companies that can land rockets on ocean barges... Congrats to the New Glenn folks! https://www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2 Well, the owner of BO is only somewhat less of a dickwad than Elmo, so there's that.
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