Extra: Lunar Nuclear Reactors and Winning The Modern Space Race

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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U.S. Transportation Secretary and Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy recently announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon. He says it will be crucial to compete with the growing lunar ambitions of China and Russia. Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine recently joined FOX News Rundown host Chris Foster to explore Secretary Duffy's call for American nuclear reactors in space and how they could be used as an energy source to fuel future space missions and the development of the moon. Bridenstine explained how important it is for the U.S. to win the modern space race against China and Russia. He also broke down the evolving legal debate over colonizing the moon and why he predicts that mining rare metals there will become both very lucrative and vital to America’s national and economic security. The former congressman and Navy pilot also weighed in on the legacy of Jim Lovell, the astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, who passed away earlier this month. We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.0	Ms. Foster. Every now and then, we'd like to check in with former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstein to talk about whatever's happening with the space program.
1:03.6	In this case, among other things, a director from current acting NASA administrator, Sean Duffy,
1:08.6	to have a nuclear reactor to generate power on the moon
1:11.2	by the end of the decade before anyone else.
1:13.7	Jim talked a lot about nuclear-powered space travel when he was in charge of NASA for three years,
1:17.7	started in 2018 during the first Trump administration.
1:20.6	We talked about the space race, getting back to the moon, then Mars, and more, including
1:24.8	future mining operations on the moon.
1:27.1	The conversation was too long for the regular weekday rundown format.
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