Lunar Nuclear Power

Lunar nuclear power is the sustained-presence constraint highlighted in Is the moon (and its resources) up for grabs?. Sadia Pekkanen says staying on the Moon depends on a stable energy source and identifies the placement of nuclear energy sources on the Moon as a key competition to watch.

The concept shifts the lunar race from first arrivals to operating capacity. A base, research station, or commercial activity needs reliable power in a hostile environment, so energy infrastructure becomes part of Space Economy Infrastructure and Lunar Resource Governance, not a secondary engineering detail.

Connections

• Moon, NASA, and Artemis 2 - destination, agency, and mission context.
• Sadia Pekkanen - source expert naming stable energy as central.
• Helium-3 - resource mentioned as a possible safer nuclear-energy input.
• Space Resource Extraction - resource path that may interact with energy strategy.
• Space Economy Infrastructure - infrastructure branch extended by lunar power.