Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ when it comes to the ongoing race to the moon and Mars. To do this, Duffy wants the U.

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."

NASA plans to install a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, marking a new space race with China for lunar resources.