Trump Goes to the Cape: Artemis, Mars, and Why Space Still Matters After a Hard Midterm Night
On Friday the president was scheduled to speak at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during the Max Power aerospace expo. Days earlier he signed the American Declaration of Freedom in Space — Moon by 2028, Artemis III next summer, Mars ahead. Here is what the record says while Washington turns inward.
By Clara Hughes
A midterm loss does not cancel American destiny in space. It tests whether a divided government will fund it, argue over it, or starve it while committees fill hearing rooms. NBC News reported Friday morning that President Donald Trump would travel to Cape Canaveral to deliver remarks around 6 p.m. Eastern at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during Max Power, a two-day aerospace festival NASA described as celebrating the past, present and future of flight and space exploration. The White House timing put the speech in Florida on the same news cycle as continuing Senate counts in Mississippi and Alaska and a House map NBC's Decision Desk estimated would give Democrats at least 259 seats. Two days before Election Day, on Nov. 3, Trump signed a proclamation titled the