NASA Planning Village on the Moon

The U.S. plans to build a village that can support "sustained human life on the moon" within the next decade, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced Monday.

Duffy, who is also secretary of transportation, was asked what success would look like for NASA 10 years from now while speaking at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, Australia, alongside the heads of other national space agencies.

"We are going to have sustained human life on the moon," Duffy said. "Not just an outpost, but a village."

This village could be nuclear-powered, according to a directive Duffy issued this month declaring NASA's intent to build a nuclear power plant on the moon.