Donald Trump Hits Out at NASA Saying Moon is a Part of Mars; Twitter Gives Him Some Astronomy Lessons
This comes after Trump's announcement last month that he was adding $1.6 billion to NASA's budget "so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!"
The United States President Donald Trump is being mocked on social media for trying to explain how Moon is a part of Mars. Talking about his own administration's space policy, he tweeted, "For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago." Other than ideas of bringing astronauts back to Earth from Moon and spending on such missions, he also wrote, "They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!" Trump Says NASA Should Stop Talking About Going Back to the Moon.
The tweet was quick to viral on social media with people criticising the President for claiming Moon is a part of Mars. Internet users commented on the tweet explaining to the President how Mars and Moon are different from each other and the former cannot be a part of the later. Hundreds of comments trolling Trump has filled the comment section of his tweet.
Here is Donald Trump's tweet:
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
Trump's science
Maybe
Is it or is it not?
Mars eclipse?
If that helps
Yes, somebody please campaign for Pluto
Hahahah
Astronauts have started packing for Mars already
Followers of Donald Trump on Twitter
Trump's tweet comes after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told an audience at the International Space Development Conference in Washington that "the very first space policy directive of the President said, 'We're going to go back to the moon.' " Bridenstine said that next trip to the moon would be done "differently than we have ever done it before" because "we're going to stay."
Meanwhile, Trump had last month announced that he was adding $1.6 billion to NASA's budget "so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!" He had tweeted saying, "Under my Administration, we are restoring @NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars."
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