NASA is fast-tracking plans to deploy a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface by 2030 as a strategic imperative to prevent Chinese dominance.

NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, wants to place a nuclear reactor on the moon within the next decade. According to a NASA directive, Duffy has accelerated the timeline for building the reactor,

The United States wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in the next ten years, according to a NASA directive obtained by The Independent.