NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a 40-kilowatt fission system ready for launch to the moon by the early 2030s. But interim NASA chief Sean Duffy is about to announce a more ambitious path, via a directive set to be released this week, according to Politico.

CNN’s Victor Blackwell speaks with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about NASA’s desire to make the US the first country to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.