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Space.com |
"We can chart a course for Mars in line with the president's vision to return to the moon before the Chinese can get there and figure out the space economy and do the other things."
USA Today |
Jared Isaacman, Trump's top pick to lead NASA, will have a seat in front of a Senate committee this morning in his next steps to becoming the lead of the U.S. space program.
Reuters |
"I absolutely want to see us return to the Moon... we don't have to make a binary decision of Moon versus Mars," Isaacman said, adding that NASA can do simultaneous Moon and Mars missions.

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