{"id":20541,"date":"2025-01-21T21:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20541"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:33:48","slug":"what-trumps-pledge-to-plant-the-u-s-flag-on-mars-really-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20541","title":{"rendered":"What Trump\u2019s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During his Inaugural Address on Monday, President Donald J. Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Seated nearby, Elon Musk, a political benefactor of Mr. Trump who founded SpaceX in the hope that it would one day be able to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/11\/technology\/elon-musk-spacex-mars.html\" title>send colonists to Mars<\/a>, beamed with enthusiasm and offered two thumbs up. The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/16\/science\/spacex-starship-test-launch-7.html\" title>gargantuan Starship rocket<\/a> that Mr. Musk\u2019s company is currently developing is meant for that task.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump left a number of specifics unsaid, including what the new initiative would mean for NASA\u2019s existing moon program, when astronauts would get to Mars and what other NASA programs might be cut to pay for it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-536ae062\">What Trump has said about Mars<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has mentioned landing on Mars before. During <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/10\/13\/science\/spacex-starship-launch\/trump-says-spacex-will-reach-mars-if-hes-elected-could-that-really-happen\" title>a campaign rally in Reading, Pa., on Oct. 9<\/a>, he promised that this would occur during his presidency. \u201cWe will lead the world in space and reach Mars before the end of my term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He did not specify whether he meant landing American astronauts on Mars by Jan. 20, 2029, his last day in the White House, or whether just sending a prototype of the spacecraft that would take astronauts someday further in the future would suffice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, he said that American astronauts would \u201cplant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars,\u201d but left out when.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars.Seated nearby, Elon Musk, a political benefactor of Mr. Trump who founded SpaceX in the hope that it would one day be able to send colonists to Mars, beamed with enthusiasm and offered two thumbs up. The gargantuan Starship rocket that Mr. Musk\u2019s company is currently developing is meant for that task.Mr. Trump left a number of specifics unsaid, including what the new initiative would mean for NASA\u2019s existing moon program, when astronauts would get to Mars and what other NASA programs might be cut to pay for it.What Trump has said about MarsMr. Trump has mentioned landing on Mars before. During a campaign rally in Reading, Pa., on Oct. 9, he promised that this would occur during his presidency. \u201cWe will lead the world in space and reach Mars before the end of my term,\u201d he said.He did not specify whether he meant landing American astronauts on Mars by Jan. 20, 2029, his last day in the White House, or whether just sending a prototype of the spacecraft that would take astronauts someday further in the future would suffice.On Monday, he said that American astronauts would \u201cplant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars,\u201d but left out when.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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