Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has raised concerns about the financial implications of President Donald Trump‘s ambitious space plans, questioning their impact on terrestrial issues.
Greene took to X on Sunday to question the cost of Trump’s recently announced plans for a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028 and a future star fleet.
She asked, “How much will this cost? How will this reduce the cost of health care, groceries, and housing here on Earth? Where we actually live.”
Trump Pushes US Space Ambitions Further
This comes in the wake of Trump’s executive order to reestablish a U.S. Space Academy, aimed at training future astronauts, engineers, and scientists. The move is part of Trump’s broader space agenda, which also includes the establishment of the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the military.
Trump’s space ambitions are not limited to training and military expansion. He recently signed a new policy aimed at increasing U.S. space launches and expanding re-entry capacity. The National Space Transportation Policy directs agencies to identify federal land for an additional re-entry site within 90 days, with the goal of supporting more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030.
The directive calls on NASA to expand commercial Moon transportation and robotic Mars missions, while advancing Trump’s plan to return Americans to the Moon by 2028 through the Artemis Program.
Inflation Stays High as Spending Cools
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the PCE price index, rose 3.7% year over year in July, unchanged from June and above economists’ 3.6% forecast. Core PCE, which excludes food and energy, remained at 3.3%, showing that underlying price pressures are still elevated.
Meanwhile, consumer spending rose just 0.2% in July, while real spending was essentially flat, suggesting households are becoming more cautious amid persistent price pressures.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Americans’ affordability struggles are fundamentally an inflation problem, blaming the $2 trillion annual federal deficit and Federal Reserve policies for expanding the money supply and weakening the dollar’s purchasing power.
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