NASA Eyes 2026 Mars Launch as Musk Pushes to Skip the Moon

NASA revealed that she was considering reorganizing its goals to accelerate the push of Elon Musk to send people to Mars.

In a statement to PoliticoNASA spokeswoman said that the agency “evaluates every opportunity, including launch windows in 2026 and 2028, to test the technologies that will obtain humans on Mars.”

Last week, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for the next year, indicating a reduction in the space agency science budget, with a billion dollars allocated in the “new investments for programs that focus on Mars”.

Next NASA official Jared Essanan-a pilot pioneer from the billionaire who turned into astronauts who turned into Space-was actively distanced from musk due to a conflict of possible interests. He stated that the agency could be “parallel” efforts to return astronauts to the moon as part of the artemis program, and missions to Mars.

Spacex has not been named, but the sub -text was clear: it seems that the president is strengthening one of his closest interests in settling on the red planet.

Spacex is working on a huge launch vehicle, called “Starsp” and obtained approval of 25 launch operations annually by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday.

In early April, NASA officially added the huge missile to its list, although the car has never completed a successful (completely) test trip.

Musk has repeatedly pledged to send a championship to Mars at the earliest of 2026, the year in which the orbits of the land and Mars are compatible to make the journey more convenient.

But if this ambitious deadline can still be met, it should still be seen. The latest two launchs of the Space Company company ended in massive explosions, raining endless pieces of space on the Caribbean Sea.

It can multiply on MASK mission to Mars from legislators, who have repeatedly called for the NASA current Artemis. As such, the Trump’s controversial budget suggestion can meet great resistance during the upcoming congress review.

Musk has explained his position on this matter clearly, accusing NASA’s ARTEMIS program that he was “very ineffective because it is a program to prepare jobs, not a program to classify the results”, calling for its closure.

“We go directly to Mars,” tweet earlier this year, describing the moon as a “distraction.”

In the proposal of its budget, the Trump administration suggested canceling the “expensive and delay” space launch system “(SLS) and the Aurion capsule” after only two lanes.

Any missile will pick up the recession after that still unclear. Will StarsHip’s Starship – or New Glenn Rocket from Blue Orige, who successfully arrived at orbit on their first test in January?

Given that Musk’s enormous ability to influence the White House – and a great start – is likely to be the first.

But making the car ready for a trip to the Red Planet within about a year and a half, may be very difficult.

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