In a surprising tweet, President Trump said NASA "should [not] be talking about going to the Moon," but should focus on "much bigger things." "For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago," Trump wrote in a tweet aboard Air Force One. In May, Trump tweeted that under his administration, NASA would return to the Moon and ultimately, Mars, in an effort to "return to space in a big way!" NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine assured Pence that NASA would work hard to meet the deadline, expressing confidence that the SLS, or Space Launch System, would be ready for the job. NASA’s yet-to-fly mega rocket, the Space Launch System, also faces big cost overruns because of production challenges and, likely, even more launch delays.

Source: Fox News June 07, 2019 18:12 UTC