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The Artemis program has been NASA’s best chance to get “boots on the moon” again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonization, will they end up abandoning or pushing back lunar missions?
For example, there’s been speculation that returning US president Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which NASA intended to use to get from the moon to Mars. But