According to some of our sources, NASA has big plans for the moon and it’s now finally offering up a solution for how it might keep everything powered. To be honest with you guys, i’m not so sure those plans will come to fruition.

NASA is going to build a nuclear reactor, that will be buried below the lunar surface (in order to provide handy radiation shielding), with the engines that convert the heat energy into electricity placed in the tower above the reactor. All told, the system promises to generate a steady 40 kilowatts of electric power, enogh for about eight houses on Earth, but with NASA’s various power-saving measures, they say that’d be more than enough to sustain a serious lunar outpost.

Source : NASA