Will Trump make space great again?

This Is Why

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The US is back in the race to the moon but this time, the competition is China. Determined not to lose, President Donald Trump is pushing for America to return to the moon, backed by billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. But as costs rise and delays mount, could the focus shift from the moon to Mars?

On the Sky News Daily podcast, Tom Cheshire speaks to Science and Technology editor Tom Clarke and space journalist Eric Berger about the escalating price of securing America's place in the space race - and whether Mars could be the next "MAGA mission".

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth

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1:02.1	Right, space.
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1:05.6	Space.
1:09.5	And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars,
1:16.2	launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.
1:23.7	Coming up on the Sky News Daily with me, Tom Cheshire, making Mars great again.
1:28.9	First stop, though, the moon. We'll talk about why and whether China will get there first.
1:43.7	Uber drivers, have you seen your pay go down while your fees to Uber go up? All because of an algorithm that reduces your take-home pay, making you work more for less? We believe Uber's dynamic
1:45.8	pay and upfront pricing is unfair. That's why Worker Info Exchange has launched the dynamic pay claim
1:51.9	to seek compensation for drivers who have lost income. If you've driven for Uber at any time since
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