private space industries reached Mars before NASA. Trump mentioned that he'd be just as happy if U.S. We will establish a long-term presence, expand our economy and build the foundation for an eventual mission to Mars, which is actually going to happen very quickly,' he said. 'This time, we will do more than plant our flag and leave our footprints. (NASA's current next step for the moon, the Deep Space Gateway, would be an orbiting outpost for research and missions to the surface.) Trump - echoed by others later in the meeting - reiterated that the United States is heading back to the moon and emphasized that it will be for the long haul. 'Any issues will be dealt with in the FY2020 budget process, so it's hard to say now what the final numbers will be.' 'In general, I would expect Commerce to need more resources to carry out its new responsibilities,' he added. 'In general, NASA will be doing supporting research, Defense will be doing more work related to national security, Transportation will be streamlining its licensing processes, and Commerce will be putting more resources into public and industry interfaces.' 'Each agency will continue to have their own budgets for space traffic management,' Pace told. Scott Pace, the executive secretary of the National Space Council, offered more details in an email about the directive and how it would be budgeted. The second directive, signed May 24 of this year, called for new regulations for launch and re-entry that would encourage more commercial-spaceflight operations. 11, 2017, called for NASA to focus on returning humans to the moon.

The administration's first space policy directive, signed Dec.

(Image credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty) President Donald Trump spoke to the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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