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The last time the Americans were on the surface of the moon in December 1972. Hope was that we would find again in 2027.
But President Donald Trump can kill these plans to make his new right leg, Elon Musk, is happy and pays the effort to finally reach Mars.
“Elon will go to the orbit soon. He will go to Mars,” the president who has previously Assure NASA should not focus on the moon, He said Fox News Sean Hanity Earlier this week.
“At some point,” the space founder X Musk added. They always ask me: “Do you want to die on Mars? And I say, “Well, yes, but not to influence,” Mousse added.
Musk was not mysterious about his hopes of going to Mars. He talked about it and wearing shirts in Trump’s gatherings to promote a mission to the Red Planet. NASA was paying to return to the moon, but now it revolves around whether Trump would continue the Artemis project or skip the moon and advance to Mars.
The potential transformation may also be characterized by departure A long -time assistant official, Jim Fri, who has been announced this week. Ashraf for free on the development of NASA is very ambitious Artemis program.
Under the program, NASA hopes to take great steps in the space race with China and Russia. It is expensive, 2021 a report From the agency’s inspector office, it was found that the total costs were expected at $ 93 billion. In the years since its launch, the program faced great delays in its schedule. Its long -term goal is to create a base on the moon to help astronauts travel to Mars.
Trump did not explain his intentions on whether he wanted to continue the moon’s mission. He removed a piece of the moon’s rock that Joe Biden kept in the Oval Office and said on his first day that American astronauts “sow stars and stripes on Mars.”
It was not issued an executive order, however, to support any Mars mission.
The Artemis program was first created in 2017, during the first period of Trump in his position. About a year in his presidency, He signed a guidance aimed at re -focusing the American space program for human exploration and detection, and creating “a basis for a final mission of Mars, and perhaps one day, for many worlds that exceed it.”
Artemis is scheduled to be distinguished by the return of the human moon visit and the first flight test Space launchIncluding Boeing Space Giant is the main contractor. The first stage, the first flight from the space launch system, was made in 2022.
Everything is part of “Moon to Mars” engineering in NASAHoping that humanity will take further than the house than it was before. Bill Nelson, former NASA director The name The ARTEMIS campaign “the most daring, technical, cooperative, humanitarian, humanitarian challenge has been launched.”
However, to a multi -storey lawyer MuskA focus on areas other than Mars and the use of commercial companies other than Spacex may be seen as an unspeakable. This can throw a key to NASA and what Trump wants to follow.
On Thursday, Musk suggested that NASA should start preparations to avoid the International Space Station, saying that the orbits laboratory “served its purpose.”
There is a very few gradual benefit. Let’s go to Mars, “it is He saidNoting that although the decision remains “even the president”, his recommendation to this process ignores two years from now.
In January it is The name The “distraction” moon.
“No, we go directly to Mars. The surface of Mars.
The move away from the moon is something that Boeing is preparing for it. The company says it plans to issue discharge notifications “compatibility with ARTEMIS and cost expectations”, ” Bloomberg I mentioned.
NASA is in the government efficiency section – a semi -government agency led by musk that is looking to trim the federal budget – the cutting bloc as well. Although she managed to escape cuts this week.
Jared Ishaq, a candidate for NASA, appears to be the second period of Trump and billionaire himself, on the Mars Train. Although it is not quite clear whether in Lockstep with a 180 -degree turn, it still needs to be confirmed by the Senate.
he books A long article on the future of space exploration three days ago, responding to Mars. He discussed the empowerment of humanity to survive “behind the earth” but did not discuss climate science at the agency.
“Let’s do that! To the moon, Mars and beyond! America is going,” Isaacan He said.
Acting director Janet Petro recently said the moon is still a large part of NASA’s human space views.
“Shoes on Mars” were martyred, but also the presence of the moon, Space.com I mentioned last week. Petro said ..
Last week, a NASA spokesman said NPR The agency “is looking to hear more from the Trump administration plans for our agents and expand their exploration for the benefit of everyone, including sending American astronauts in the first human mission to the Red Planet.”
Aviation engineer Robert Zubren, who believes is “completely clear”, told the United States to start a program of people to the match, for the Foundation that this time it is full of dangers and rewards. He expressed his concerns that Mars would become a party issue.
“We need support from the two parties. This cannot be considered the Trump program or musk program. It should be the American program,” Zubrin said.