The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday asserting that the first woman to land on Earth’s natural satellite will be an American.
“At President(Donald) Trump’s direction, the United States will return to the moon withinthe next five years, and the first woman and the next man on the moon will beAmericans,” Pence said, in his address to the Satellite 2019 Conferencehere.
The Trumpadministration is incredibly proud that before the year ends, we will onceagain launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil intothe vast expanse of space, he said.
To fully unlock themysteries of space, President Donald Trump recognises the US has to look beyondthe halls of the government, beyond NASA, for input and guidance.
“That’s why weassembled this Users’ Advisories Group in the National Space Council, which,I’m proud to say has brought together some of the brightest minds and biggesttalents in the country to help accelerate innovation across the spaceenterprise,” he said.
More than 15,000scientists and industry representatives from 105 countries, including India,are attending the four-day mega event beginning May 6 in Washington DC. It istouted to be the largest commercial satellite industry event. It has featuredheadline keynote appearances from Amazon and Blue Origin founder and CEO JeffBezos, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, One Web founder Greg Wyler, among manyother.