NASA has been pushing for a return to the moon but now questions swirl regarding whether Trump will continue the Artemis project or skip the moon and push ahead to Mars.
But, President Donald Trump could kill off those plans to make his new right-hand man Elon Musk happy and push the effort for man to finally reach Mars.
The moon is a distraction,” Musk, who frequently wears a t-shirt emblazoned with the words “Occupy Mars”, wrote on his social media platform X.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has called the moon a ‘distraction’ and signaled a shift toward Mars.
Jared Isaacman, the nominee to lead NASA under Trump’s second term and a billionaire himself, appears to be on the Mars train.
