Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, a former Fox News host who is also the interim NASA administrator, reportedly will announce this week plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon. While NASA has discussed building a reactor on the lunar surface as part of its focus on crewed spaceflights,

Duffy's directive orders NASA to prepare a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor for launch by 2030, according to Politico. It might seem like an absurd prospect, but it's a necessity for a permanent human presence on the lunar on the Moon.

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