President Trump vowed Monday to become the first commander-in-chief to send American astronauts to Mars.
In his inaugural address in Washington, D.C., President Trump said, “America once again sees itself as a growing nation, a nation growing in wealth, expanding territory, building cities, raising expectations, and raising our flag on beautiful new horizons.'' I'll think about it,'' he declared.
“And we will launch American astronauts to pursue our manifest destiny to the stars and plant the American flag on Mars,” he said.
The last time American astronauts walked on the moon was in 1972 on the final mission of the Apollo program. More than 15 years later, President George HW Bush called for further missions to Earth's satellites and eventually to Mars.
Mr. Bush's space exploration initiative Planning began in July 1989, 20 years after Apollo 11's successful moon landing, but NASA subsequently scrapped plans for a planetary adventure in favor of a robotic adventure into the galaxy. .
President Bill Clinton has officially ended the goal of human travel beyond Earth's orbit as part of his national strategy.
But President Trump's confidant Elon Musk has predicted that his company SpaceX will be able to colonize the fourth planet from the sun by 2028.
“The first spacecraft to Mars will be launched within two years,” he said. Posted in X In September. “These will be left unmanned to test the reliability of landing on Mars intact.”
“If the landing goes well, the first manned flight to Mars will be within four years,” he predicted.
The SpaceX founder and CEO wondered out loud about the possibility of “multiplanetary” life as part of an effort to improve humanity's overall quality of life.
“Flight rates will increase rapidly from there, achieving the goal of building self-sustaining cities within about 20 years,” he added in the post. “Literally, metabolically, all eggs will no longer exist on one planet, so having them on multiple planets will greatly extend the lifespan of consciousness.”
But according to terms of service shared in 2020 for SpaceX's Starlink internet project, the tech billionaire is preparing to have a different set of rules on Mars once humans arrive. It says it rejects any rule by “Earth-based” authorities.
His idea is to create a self-sustaining city on Mars.
“For services provided on Mars, or transportation to Mars by Starship or other colonial spacecraft, both parties recognize Mars as a free planet, and that any Earth-based government is not responsible for any activities on Mars. “We acknowledge that we have no authority or sovereignty,” one section of the Covenant reads.
In an unprecedented advance in interplanetary travel technology, Musk's space company has “caught” a spacecraft returning to Earth after a test flight.
In his inaugural address, President Trump, 78, mentioned Mars exploration shortly after pledging to “end the epidemic of chronic disease and keep our children safe, healthy and disease-free.”
President Trump said of his second administration's interstellar efforts: “Above all, my message to the American people today is that it's time for us to act again with courage and vitality and the vitality of the greatest civilization in history.'' It means he has arrived.”
“So as we liberate our nation, we will lead it to new heights of victory and success. We will not flinch.”
Mr. Musk was an integral part of Mr. Trump's re-election campaign, donating approximately $250 million to PACs and other campaign committees for digital advertising and voter recruitment during the final campaign period, and during the presidential transition period. He spent much of his time inside Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion. Located in Palm Beach.
Manifest Destiny is a concept popularized in the 19th century in America as settlers headed west and annexed territories that would become states such as Texas, New Mexico, and California.
