Trump Delays the Return of Astronauts to the Moon Until 2028, After Having Had Nasa a Year without Leader

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Donald Trump returned to the U.S. presidency by embracing Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing the red planet. “We will pursue our manifest destiny in space, watching U.S. astronauts plant [the flag of] the bars and stars on Mars,” he declared in his inauguration speech on January 20. But his swings with NASA’s renewal, along with legal obligations, have led him to remain with an old, much more modest challenge.