{"id":19166,"date":"2025-01-22T07:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inuno.ai\/what-trumps-pledge-to-plant-the-u-s-flag-on-mars-really-means\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T07:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:28:27","slug":"what-trumps-pledge-to-plant-the-u-s-flag-on-mars-really-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inuno.ai\/what-trumps-pledge-to-plant-the-u-s-flag-on-mars-really-means\/","title":{"rendered":"What Trump\u2019s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means"},"content":{"rendered":"


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During his Inaugural Address on Monday, President Donald J. Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>, beamed with enthusiasm and offered two thumbs up. The gargantuan Starship rocket<\/a> that Mr. Musk\u2019s company is currently developing is meant for that task.<\/p>\n

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