Nuclear power on the moon: Texas company wins NASA design program

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas company is one of three winners in a national contest to design concepts for nuclear power systems on the moon. The company, IX, is based out of Houston. Its design could be used in a future mission on the moon as part of the Artemis program.Fission surface power systems – depicted in this conceptual illustration – could provide reliable power for human exploration of the Moon under Artemis. Credit: NASAAccording to NASA, the contracts were awarded by th