Donald Trump’s return to the White House, coupled with Elon Musk‘s increased influence, signals a transformative era for NASA and American space ambitions. With Trump’s history of prioritizing space initiatives and Musk’s disruptive vision,

Elon Musk's dream of transporting humans to Mars will become a bigger national priority under the administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, sources said, signaling big changes for NASA's moon program and a boost for Musk's SpaceX.

"Bottom line, somebody in the Trump administration is going to say 'we want NASA and the private sector to collectively, as sort of a national space enterprise, we want them to go further, we want them to go faster, we want them to go more frequently, and we want them to go less expensively," Muncy said.