Soon humans will be able to go to Mars as US President Donald Trump recently signed a new bill authorizing nearly USD 20 billion for NASA programmes,
Soon humans will be able to go to Mars as US President Donald Trump recently signed a new bill authorizing nearly USD 20 billion for NASA programmes, which includes human exploration of the red planet. The NASA Transition Authorisation Act gives the agency USD 19.5 billion for 2018. The legislation also asks it to chalk out a plan to send a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s.
With this bill a new vista in the quest for human exploration of the space has been opened. Trump said the bill, which amends current law to add human exploration of the red planet as a goal for the agency, will make sure NASA’s most important programmes are sustained.
“For almost six decades NASA’s work has inspired millions and millions of Americans to imagine distant worlds and a better future right here on Earth. It’s been a long time since a bill like this has been signed, reaffirming our commitment to the core mission of NASA: human space exploration, space science and technology.”
Trump praised the bill as a job creator and boon for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
“It’s about jobs. Also this bill calls for ongoing medical monitoring and treatment of our heroic astronauts for health conditions that result from their service,” Trump said.
“It advances space science by maintaining a balanced set of mission and activities to explore our solar system and the entire universe and it ensures that, through NASA’s astronauts and aeronautics research, the US will remain a total leader in aviation,” he said.
