(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Vice President Pence said Tuesday that the Trump administration is committed to landing U.S. astronauts on the moon within the next five years.
“Just as the U.S. was the first nation to reach the moon in the 20th century, so too will we be the first nation to return astronauts to the moon in the 21st century,” Pence said at a meeting of the National Space Council in Alabama.
“The first woman and the next man on the moon will both be American astronauts, launched by American rockets from American soil,” he added.
While officials have spoken broadly about restoring American leadership in space, Pence’s comments on Tuesday mark the administration’s most concrete timeline for sending astronauts to the moon.
Courtesy: Foreign Media
