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It’s a claim repeated by Republican candidate Mr Trump.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, he vowed to reach Mars during his presidency if his supporters get him to the White House.<\/p>\n
“I’ll talk to Elon,” he said at a rally. “Elon, get those rocket ships going.”<\/p>\n
SpaceX<\/strong> is known for its high-risk high-reward attitude to space exploration, and is now NASA’s main mode of transport for getting astronauts to the International Space Station.<\/p>\nThe company has consistently innovated in space; just two weeks ago, it helped an American billionaire become the first person to take part in a risky private spacewalk.<\/p>\n
But despite the leaps made by SpaceX in the two last decades, Musk says he is frustrated by how “stifling” bureaucracy and restrictions are in the US.<\/p>\n
“One of my biggest concerns right now is that the Starship programme is being smothered by a mountain of government bureaucracy that grows every year.”<\/p>\n
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He has previously said he would like to see a self-sustaining colony on Mars in just 20 years.<\/p>\n
So would Donald Trump make that a reality?<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile he was in office, Mr Trump had an outsized impact on US space activity, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n
His government created the space security team Space Force and pushed NASA to reach the moon again by 2024 – although that has since been delayed to 2025.<\/p>\n
However, vice president Harris is a space advocate herself, having been chair of the National Space Council since 2021.<\/p>\n
In her time, she has been praised for pushing 37 countries to sign up to the Artemis Accords, a peace agreement that says outer space “shall be the province of all mankind”.<\/p>\n
“I believe that she’s a space aficionado,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at an event on space policy held by Politico in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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