The new temporary head of NASA wants to get nuclear power on the moon before China, which could mean another Florida launch with radioactive material.

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this effort, working to award contracts within the next eight months to up to two industry providers to push forward this effort.

NASA head Sean Duffy on Tuesday confirmed reports of plans to build a nuclear reactor on the surface of the Moon. "We're in a race to the Moon, in a race with China to the Moon.