Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked Scientists   /     Intuitive Machines and a nuclear reactor for the Moon

Description

The Chief Scientist for Intuitive Machines, Ben Bussey, joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to talk through the first US soft landing on the Moon since 1972, IM-1. 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. Plus how Cornwall is fast becoming a centre for lunar communications.Contact us @spaceboffins on Facebook and X or email podcast@spaceboffins.com Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Subtitle
The first soft Moon landing since 1972, and powering a future Moonbase...
Duration
00:50:20
Publishing date
2024-03-29 11:21
Link
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/astronomy-podcasts/space-boffins/intuitive-machines-and-nuclear-reactor-moon
Contributors
  Richard Hollingham, Sue Nelson
author  
Enclosures
https://flex.acast.com/downloads.nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/active/Space_Boffins_24.03.29.mp3
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