[US Releases New Plans for Lunar Base Construction and Nuclear-Powered Lunar Rover Launch] Golden Finance reports that NASA announced on the 7th that it has selected eight companies to participate in a new round of the "Commercial Lunar Launch Services" program and to advance the development of a nuclear-powered lunar rover to aid in the construction of a lunar base. NASA released the framework for a new 10-year "Commercial Lunar Launch Services" contract at an airshow at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that day, selecting eight companies, including Blue Origin, to compete for NASA's lunar surface cargo delivery missions, responsible for transporting scientific payloads, technical equipment, and infrastructure to the lunar surface.