Piloton.it
Ephemeral Spectre
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2024
- Messages
- 293
China plans to build nuclear plant on the moon to power base shared with Russia
According to the Metro.
China plans to build a nuclear power plant on the moon to fuel a research station it intends to open with Russia there, a senior official confirmed.
No Chinese astronaut has ever set foot on the moon – but within 10 years China aims to have a permanent lunar base on its surface.
Chinese artist's impression:
View attachment 89266
I suppose Gerry Anderson's heirs will have to update the year of this old British science fiction. ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakaway_(Space:_1999)
Bergman suggests dispersing the contents of Area 2 to weaken the explosion. However, the Eagle fleet's operation to empty the silos ends in disaster when the radiation surges, starting a chain reaction of energy discharges and explosions that obliterates Area 2 and spreads to the waste containers strewn over the lunar surface. The whole region erupts in a fireball that creates a rocket-like thrust, causing the Moon to break out of Earth orbit and leave the Solar System. The Space Dock and most of the Eagles are destroyed, and the Meta Probe is hurled into space.