The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon before China and Russia.

NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy is fast-tracking the agency’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a move that highlights the Trump administration’s focus on human spaceflight and establishing a long-term presence on the Moon.

As China and Russia have announced joint efforts to develop their own nuclear reactor on the moon, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and NASA officials intend to move quickly in the development