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China and Russia “will have nuclear reactors on the moon” in the next decade, a leading space commentator has warned. On The Hard Shoulder today, Leo Enright said it should come as no surprise that anyone who wants to live on the moon “needs to go nuclear”. Head of Russia’s space agency Yury Borisov announced they were “seriously” considering a joint project with China to get a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2025. Advertisement Timing Mr Enright said the timing of this announcement was peculiar. “They announced it when the general who runs the US military space programme, which...