The new "space" obsession of Donald Trump: he asked for an additional $ 1.6 billion to go to the Moon and Mars

The race to the space between the major powers is a fact. China, United States and Russia the sparks are out to see who is the one who can take advantage of unknown areas of the universe and the Moon and Mars are in the plans. After seeing how the Asian giant has set foot in the Earth's natural satellite, Donald Trump has manifested his obsession over the last few hours: he wants more money to travel in space.

The Republican asked Congress to add up to 1600 million dollars plus to the budget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to "return to the Moon and go to Mars".

The demand for budget increases came two months after US Vice President Mike Pence announced that he would reduce to four years NASA's mandate to put astronauts back on the air. Moon.

"Under my administration, we will restore the greatness of NASA and we will return to the Moon, we will go to Mars. I update my budget to include an additional $ 1,600 million so that we can return to space significantly, "said Trump in his networks.

The increase in announced expenses means that NASA will have 22,600 million dollars by 2020. The idea is to allocate a large part of this money to the research and development of better landings to avoid accidents or the complications of the explorations made.

"By order of the President, the official policy of this administration and the United States is to bring back the American astronauts on the moon in five years, "said Pence in launching the new space strategy.

Trump determination and confirmation of the increase for NASA It's a hard job for years to come. The official idea is that the return of a US astronaut on the Moon is scheduled for 2028.

Jim Bridenstine, head of the space research organization, said it was very likely that the next woman to walk on lunar soil, on which no human beings had been since 1972.