# @scspai on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=AIJckwPOFCE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64509070-scspai-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/569c6d599f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-21T19:47:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Special Competitive Studies Project (@scspai) — https://gondola.cc/scspai

## Caption

How do you power a permanent base on the Moon when the sun goes down for 14 days straight?

On the President’s Tech Brief, we broke down NASA’s next big bet: Nuclear energy. The goal of the Artemis program is to establish a lunar base by 2029 to serve as a stepping stone to Mars. But there's a massive engineering hurdle: a single lunar night lasts 336 hours.

Solar power alone isn't enough to survive that much darkness. The solution? Strapping a miniaturized fission reactor to a rocket to provide constant, reliable power for decades. Plus, nuclear propulsion could eventually cut the transit time to Mars by months!

Watch the full breakdown on our channel. 

#NASA #Artemis #spaceexploration  #NuclearEnergy #Mars #moonbase  #TechPolicy #nuclearpower  #astrophysics

## Stats

- **Views:** 5,157
- **Likes:** 226
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 14

## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Special Competitive Studies Project | @scspai | https://gondola.cc/scspai | Non-Profit Organization |
| Tyler Tempe | @tempevisuals | https://gondola.cc/tempevisuals | Videographer |
| Tyler Tempe | @tempevisuals | https://gondola.cc/tempevisuals | Video Editor |

## Tags

techpolicy, nasa, mars, artemis, spaceexploration, moonbase, astrophysics, nuclearenergy, nuclearpower

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