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Podcast: Fault Lines
Episode: Episode 486: Moonshot or Moon Mirage?
Description: Episode 486: Moonshot or Moon Mirage? Today, Jess, Amy, Bishop, and Algene examine NASA’s ambitious plan to accelerate deployment of a nuclear reactor on the Moon as part of the Artemis program—aiming to power U.S. long-term lunar infrastructure and return astronauts by 2027. But NASA’s announcement comes amid budget and workforce cuts, and with NASA’s head leader lacking deep space experience.Can the U.S. pull this off on such a tight timeline, or is this a Cold War–style moonshot without the resources to match? How critical will public–private partnerships...