{"id":3042,"date":"2026-01-17T03:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:09:58","slug":"donald-trump-sets-aside-10000000000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=3042","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump sets aside $10,000,000,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Policy Shift<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Trump-backed funding package is redirecting U.S. space strategy toward the Moon.<\/p>\n

The Senate approved a $10 billion allocation prioritizing NASA\u2019s Artemis program,<\/p>\n

reinforcing a Moon-first approach and delaying momentum toward human missions to Mars.<\/p>\n

What the Bill Does<\/strong><\/p>\n

The legislation, dubbed the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill,\u201d<\/p>\n

funds Artemis milestones through the decade,<\/p>\n

supporting a crewed Moon landing as early as 2026 and expanded lunar infrastructure.<\/p>\n

This focus sidelines near-term plans for Mars.<\/p>\n

Competing Visions<\/strong><\/p>\n

SpaceX and Elon Musk favor reusable rockets and Mars as the ultimate goal,<\/p>\n

while Artemis relies on the Space Launch System, described as<\/p>\n

\u201cexpensive and politically driven\u201d by Musk.<\/p>\n

The divide reflects different philosophies rather than a personal rivalry.<\/p>\n

Implications<\/strong><\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s priorities are now firmly lunar, pushing Mars missions into the 2030s or later.<\/p>\n

Supporters argue the Moon offers faster scientific and geopolitical returns,<\/p>\n

serving as \u201ca proving ground and a bridge to deeper space.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Policy Shift A Trump-backed funding package is redirecting U.S. space strategy toward the Moon. The Senate approved a $10 billion allocation prioritizing NASA\u2019s Artemis program, reinforcing a Moon-first approach and delaying momentum toward human missions to Mars. What the Bill Does The legislation, dubbed the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill,\u201d funds Artemis milestones through the decade, supporting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3044,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions\/3044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}