Other significant accomplishments called for by a 2030 deadline in connection to the order include the deployment of nuclear reactors on and in orbit of the moon, the ability to detect, characterize, and counter threats to U.S. space interests, the replacement of the International Space Station, and quite a bit more.
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\u00a0President Trump believes that ensuring \u201cAmerican space superiority\u201d will also secure \u201cAmerica\u2019s national and economic interests,\u201d and that \u201cgrowing a vibrant commercial space economy through the power of American free enterprise will build prosperity and open new economic opportunities, such as high-paying aerospace manufacturing jobs here in America,\u201d according to the Executive Order.<\/p>\n
NASA Has Hit the Ground Running<\/p>\n
NASA is doing its best not to waste any time. It announced last week that 20 billion in contract awards from several U.S. companies had been obtained, which it wants to put toward the Artemis missions. Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin won the contract for the first mission, which will include delivering rovers worth $280 million to the moon\u2019s surface this fall, according to\u00a0WNG<\/a>.<\/p>\n Additional cargo from other companies that won contracts is also being delivered, with Firefly Aerospace delivering drones to the moon\u2019s South Pole before the astronauts arrive. NASA\u2019s goal for an operational base is set for a range of 2029 \u2013 2032, with details laid out at a\u00a0moon base website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Remembering the Reaction of the Historic Apollo Crew<\/p>\n When the crew of the Apollo program visited the moon, they were men of faith who were apparently awed by the work of God\u2019s hand upon seeing it out of their spacecraft window. On Christmas<\/a> Eve of 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders were a part of a live broadcast in which pictures of the Earth and moon were shown from their spacecraft.<\/p>\n The way that broadcast wound down, according to The Tablet<\/a>, was with Anders stating, \u201cFor all the people on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you.\u201d<\/p>\n Each of them then began to take turns reading from the book of Genesis, starting with, \u201cIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth\u2026\u201dBorman closed out with, \u201cGood night, good luck, and a Merry Christmas<\/a>, and God bless all of you \u2013 all of you on the good Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n Related Article<\/p>\n Space Exploration \u2018Glorifies God,\u2019 Says Longtime NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore<\/a><\/p>\n Photo Credit: \u00a9GettyImages\/xia yuan<\/p>\n Originally published June 03, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It still feels a bit like something out of a science fiction movie to imagine that the moon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-481247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Elizabeth](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/36256-author-headshots_source_file.jpg\")
Elizabeth Delaney has been a freelance content writer for over 20 years and has enjoyed having her prose published in both the non-fiction and fiction markets. She has written various types of content, including Christian articles, healthy lifestyle, blog posts, business topics, news articles, product descriptions, and some fiction. She is also a singer-songwriter-musician<\/a>. When she is not busy with writing or music, she enjoys spending time with friends or family and doing fun social activities such as hiking, swing dancing, concerts, and other activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n