Trump Wants U.S. Return to Moon, Sets No Deadlines for NASA
- White House doesn’t provide details about program funding
- Directive changes one paragraph in Obama space policy
Outer Space Is About to Get a Whole Lot Closer
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President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send American astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars, but eliminated his predecessors’ deadlines for such missions.
“This is a giant step toward that inspiring future and toward reclaiming America’s proud destiny in space,” Trump said on Monday at a White House ceremony, where he signed the new NASA directive. “And space has to do with so many other applications, including a military application. So we are the leader and we’re going to stay the leader and we’re going to increase it many fold."