NASA interim administrator Sean Duffy, who is also the Trump Administration Transportation Secretary, is set to announce plans to have a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 this week. Duffy, a former Fox News host, has been placed as the temporary head of the space agency, following President Trump's rescinding the nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman, during the public feud between Trump and Elon Musk.

As reported in an exclusive by Politico , the announcement to fast-track plans for a nuclear reactor as a power source on the Moon is coming this week, necessitating questions about how realistic both the goal and time frame are. The Trump administration proposed a budget that would devastate NASA's multiple science programs , and while it asked for more funding for human spaceflig

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