Sean Duffy wants to fast-track putting a 100kw nuclear reactor on the moon, according to a directive he sent out Thursday. It would help win the "space race."

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined the space agency’s fast-track plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday. “We’re in a race to the moon, in a race with China to the moon.

This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.