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Trump sending Americans back to the moon
Topic Started: 12 Dec 2017, 03:49 AM (86 Views)
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Trump sending Americans back to the moon

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© Handout / AFP | American astronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr. saluting the US flag on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 lunar mission

2017-12-11

At a time when China is working on an ambitious lunar program, US President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States will remain the leader in space exploration as he began a process to return Americans to the moon.

“We are the leader and we’re going to stay the leader, and we’re going to increase it many fold,” Trump said in signing “Space Policy Directive 1” that establishes a foundation for a mission to the moon and eventually, to Mars.

Back in June, China’s space official said the country was making “preliminary” preparations to send a man to the moon, the latest goal in China’s ambitious lunar exploration program.

Trump’s signing ceremony for the directive included former lunar astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jack Schmitt and current astronaut Peggy Whitson, whose 665 days in orbit is more time in space than any other American and any other woman worldwide.

Trump said he was taking a giant step toward “reclaiming America’s proud destiny in space.”

“And space has so much to do with so many other applications, including a military application,” he said without elaboration.

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Donald Trump signs directive to send astronauts back to Moon

12 December 2017

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Signing Space Policy Directive 1, Mr Trump said the US was "going to stay the leader".

US President Donald Trump has directed Nasa to plan a crewed mission to the Moon for the first time since 1972.

It will focus on long-term explorations and use of the Moon's surface, in partnership with the private sector.

Mr Trump also said the program would lay the foundation for an eventual mission to Mars, although he did not give a date for this.

Correspondents say any realistic effort will probably need Congress to agree to a big funding boost.

There is bipartisan support for further space exploration but parties disagree over the timeline and budget.

Earlier this year, China said it was making initial preparations to send crewed missions to the Moon.

During a signing ceremony, Mr Trump said: "We are the leader and we're going to stay the leader, and we're going to increase it many fold."

The new directive is recommended by the National Space Council, headed by Vice President Mike Pence.

But the Trump administration has not supplied information on how the new objective is to be achieved, and on what timescale.

With this directive, Mr Trump abandons plans set by his predecessor Barack Obama, to send humans to an asteroid near earth.

Nasa's Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot welcomed the announcement.

"Nasa looks forward to supporting the president's directive strategically aligning our work to return humans to the moon, travel to Mars and opening the deeper solar system beyond," he said in a statement.

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