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DR Kevin Brown, a highly accomplished academic and aerospace engineer, has been appointed the fifth president of the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica. The University Council, at a recen...

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The United Kingdom government has given the green light to Rolls-Royce for the construction of a nuclear reactor that will be used to power a Moon base.

It has been revealed this week that the UK Space Agency has backed Rolls-Royce to create nuclear power solutions to support a future Moon base for

The UK Space Agency has awarded Rolls-Royce a £2.9-million (US$3.5-million) contract to develop a demonstrator modular nuclear reactor that could be installed on the Moon by 2029 to support permanent human outposts on the lunar surface.

British engineering group Rolls-Royce has secured additional funding of GBP2.9 million (USD3.5 million) from the UK Space Agency for a project that will deliver an initial demonstration of a UK lunar modular nuclear reactor. The company plans to have a reactor ready to send to the Moon by 2029.

The funding will help the British carmaker research how to build a nuclear reactor to power human-manned bases on the Moon.