{"id":118142,"date":"2023-09-05T13:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118142"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:13:01","slug":"humans-will-be-living-on-the-moon-in-seven-years-thanks-to-british-boffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/humans-will-be-living-on-the-moon-in-seven-years-thanks-to-british-boffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Humans will be living on the moon in seven years thanks to British boffins"},"content":{"rendered":"
British scientists are on track to have us living on the moon in seven years.<\/p>\n
Eggheads in Wales have developed a nuclear energy source that could allow astronauts to live there for long stretches.<\/p>\n
Professor Simon Middleburgh said it had been \u201cfun\u201d creating the fuel cells at Bangor University that could sustain human life in a moon colony. <\/p>\n
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The tiny nuclear particles \u2013 known as Trisofuel \u2013 are the size of poppy seeds.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cYou can launch them into space, with all the forces\u2026 and they\u2019ll still function quite safely when they\u2019re put on to the moon.<\/p>\n
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"I would say that we\u2019re really pushing things globally.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Nasa-led Artemis Program hopes for an outpost on the Moon by around 2030.<\/p>\n
The Moon, which is seen by some to be the gateway to Mars, contains a lot of valuable resources needed for modern technology.<\/p>\n
The hope is that it could be used as a springboard to reach the planets beyond, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n
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The Bangor team, which is a world leader on fuels, works with partners such as Rolls Royce, the UK Space Agency, Nasa and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US.<\/p>\n
Prof Middleburgh said Bangor University's work was putting Wales on the map by designing the fuel for nuclear reactors on the moon.<\/p>\n
The fuel will be subject to further tests and regulatory approval.<\/p>\n
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