The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.NASA formally committed to using nuclear power on Mars in December 2024 -- the first of seven key decisions necessary for human exploration of the Red Planet.

Spurred by competition from China and Russia, the Trump administration is pushing for nuclear power on the moon by 2030

Saying we are falling behind China in the next race to the Moon, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is accelerating plans to build a mini-nuclear reactor to deploy to the Moon. “We’re behind. If we’re going to engage in the race to the Moon and the race to Mars,