By all means simultaneously to the moon and even to Mars! And while we’re on the nominations topic, why not nominate Elon Musk for the first trip to Mars and Stormy Daniels as the only qualified person for the job ever to be employed by the currently sitting president.
It almost doesn’t matter who the NASA Admnistrator is, because Congress hasn’t been willing to allocate the funds necessary for them to acheive their big goals since the 50s and 60s (and even then, it wasn’t easy).
So sure, if NASA were to get the funding they could work on both goals, but I don’t see this being any more likely now than under previous administrations.
I am just a relative simpleton when it comes to how I run my business. If I don’t have enough income to service my debt, why would I incurr even more NON PRODUCTIVE debt? If I was trying to get my business back on its feet, why would I take the best human resources in my company and tie them up on a non productive venture. That is cIunter productive. If my management missed a break even target by something like…uh, let’s just say nearly $37 Trillion (not to mention the accumulated debt of 50 subsidiaries) do you think my board of directors could entertain yet another incredible blunder???
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Another nail in the coffin of NASA !one more billionaire in space !
And use Starlink to access it.
A one-way trip to the Red Planet would take nine months but a return journey would be around three years.
Even with the Convoy! of space trucks needed for Mars you just know some white bro (eventually the only ones to be allowed) is gonna forget his glasses or Dude wipes.
I’m not confident at all this will even reach beyond planning stage. Billionaires with more money than brains, as they say. NASA could do so much more with the b/tr illions than putting humans on Mars. And as Gary said, where is the money coming from?