Trump Throws Elon Musk's Mars Mission Under the Bus
Victor Tangermann
created: March 11, 2025, 7:10 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.
<p>President Donald Trump isn't interested in making a crewed mission to Mars his "number one" priority. As SpaceNews reports, Trump appeared to be lukewarm on the possibility of sending humans to the Red Planet during a Fox News interview. That's despite declaring that the US would "plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond" during his speech to Congress earlier this month, a line that was met with plenty of applause. "There’s a lot of interest in going to Mars," he told Fox News on Sunday. "Is it number one on my hit list? No. It’s […]</p>
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