An energy source which could sustain life on the Moon for long periods has been designed by researchers.
Prof Middleburgh from the Nuclear Futures Institute said the team hoped to fully test the nuclear fuel "over the next few months".
The researchers have just sent the tiny nuclear fuel cell, known as a Trisofuel, to their partners for testing.The generator is a portable device, the size of a small car and "something you can stick on a rocket," Prof Middleburgh said. Earlier this month, India made a historic landing near the Moon's south pole with its robotic probe Chandrayaan-3.
He said: "I'm confident there will be moon bases in the 2030s. Probably a Chinese one; probably an American-led one. "It's thought there is titanium, lithium, silicon, iron, and many other minerals which are used for all sorts of 21st Century technologies.
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