Extraterrestrial power stations will emerge from sci-fi mythos and into reality with the placement of a nuclear generator on the moon by 2030, according to NASA.

The Department of Energy, working with NASA on the project, opened design submissions earlier this month to outside contractors to build a “fission surface power station” on the moon that will eventually help fuel missions to Mars and beyond.

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