Trump still surprises: he says that the Moon is part of Mars

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has today stirred social networks after declaring that the Moon was part of Mars.

"Despite all the money we spend, NASA should not talk about going to the moon, it was 50 years ago." She should focus on things much bigger than we do let's do, including Mars (which Moon is part of), Defense and Science! ", wrote Trump on Twitter.

"The man who accuses everyone of false news tells us that the Moon is part of Mars," said a Twitter user in a sentence reproduced by the Ansa agency.

"Brilliant, first of all, Trump destroys America, he's now giving the moon to Mars," said Nick Jack Pappas, another individual who listens to the president's messages.

According to Ansa, Trump would probably have wanted to mention the fact that going to the moon was part of the larger project to go to Mars, but his writing has triggered a ridiculous thousand in the networks.

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With its participation in social networks, Trump criticized the decision of the US space agency to allow private citizens to visit the International Space Station and open a laboratory in orbit for commercial activities to fund the return of astronauts on the Moon by 2024.

NASA 's CFO Jeff DeWit explained that these tourist trips would help cover some of the space agency' s expenses, freeing up more money for his goal of returning to the moon in 2024 and taking advantage of the money. 39 send people to Mars, Europa Press reported.

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NASA calculates that it will be possible to make two tourist trips per year of a duration of at least 30 days for which a ship developed by the space agency will be used, but whose crew and training will depend on private companies.