'There Is Another' NASA Chief Invokes 'Yoda' For Potential Nuclear-powered Moon Rover

So a little bit of a Star Wars reference here. I think those that know our Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. Well, there is another. And the engineering development unit for it is called Promise. And I'd say we are thinking very hard right now about sending Promise to the moon. That would be an awesome capability. First of all, core moon-based objectives. You know, having a nuclear RTG on it, it allows us to go anywhere we want, regardless of the illumination. Surviving the lunar night is going to be one of the bigger challenges. With this capability, we wouldn't have to worry about that. So long traverses, getting into those very hard-to-reach areas, just like Curiosity and Perseverance have shown us on the surface of Mars. That would be awesome. But then, we have payload capacity, significant on this thing. So we're going to work with our partners in the Science Mission Directorate to find the best payloads we can have, put them on this rover, and get groundbreaking science out of it. So we're very excited about this possibility, which we're still studying. But anyway, we are in the business of the near impossible, so why not? I'm optimistic. Well, there's no shortage of great things to talk about. And for everyone watching today, all of this information can be found by visiting our Moonbase website at www.nasa.gov slash moonbase.