NASA Boosts Plans for Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

NASA could soon go nuclear on the moon.

The space agency’s acting administrator Sean Duffy has issued a directive to expedite building a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface. Duffy, a former Fox News host, is also head of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and he took over leadership of NASA in July after the Trump administration pulled its nomination of private astronaut and businessperson Jared Isaacman .

The directive, first reported by Politico , would accelerate NASA’s long-simmering —and, to date, largely fruitless—efforts to develop nuclear reactors to support space science and exploration.

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