First of all, Trump’s been talking about a return to the moon since his first term almost a decade ago.
Second, the rocket is one thing, the stated goals of the agency are another. They’re declaring the plan is a permanent human presence on the moon.
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
This moon program is supposed to be a step of the larger manned Mars program, which started during Obama. So t
Then IIRC Trump wanted to skip to Mars, despite reducing NASA funding and causing leadership issues in the agency during his first term.