"Though actions speak louder than words, language still matters, particularly when the United States apparently still wants to lead in space internationally."

President Trump’s allies and aides are learning to deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has had a consistent presence in the early days of the Trump administration. Musk had a front-row seat at

Space stocks are climbing in premarket trades Tuesday, lifted by President Trump’s comments championing American space exploration during his inauguration speech Monday. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars,

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag

During his second inauguration speech, President Donald Trump endorsed a Mars mission as a part of America’s push into new horizons.

"We will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars," he said, promising to send astronauts to plant the American flag on Mars. Elon Musk, the SpaceX CEO and Trump ally, was seated behind the president and gave a vigorous thumbs up at the remark.

Trump’s Mars pledge elicited a huge grin and enthusiastic double thumbs up from billionaire and top Mars colonization enthusiast Elon Musk, who has been pushing his Mars colony agenda for nearly a decade via his SpaceX company. Donald Trump used his inauguration speech to whine about tech billionaires’ homes being burnt down.

President Donald Trump declared the U.S. will be pursuing its destiny by planting the American flag on Mars, much to

Trump said "We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars by launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars".

Fortuna Investments CEO Justus Parmar expects to see “a new vintage of space companies that hit the market” in 2025.