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Intuitive Machines and a nuclear reactor for the Moon
Intuitive Machines and a nuclear reactor for the Moon
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Chief Scientist for Intuitive Machines, Ben Bussey, joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to talk through IM-1, the first US soft landing on the Moon since 1972. They discuss the landing, the broken legs, experiments and whether the IM control room is really based on Star Trek. Sue also travels to Farnborough to meet the chief engineer for novel nuclear at Rolls Royce, Jake Thompson. He hopes to build a nuclear reactor for a future Moonbase. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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