The Trump White House on Tuesday sparked a wave of mockery online after sharing a post about NASA’s plans to return to, and stay on, the Moon.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman wrote:

“To return Americans to the Moon, NASA is shifting to an iterative, execution-focused approach – just as we did during Apollo. We are standardizing rocket architecture, embedding NASA expertise across industry, and increasing launch cadence to support sustained lunar operations. We are sending a demand signal for crewed missions beyond Artemis V, with at least two providers capable of bringing astronauts to the surface every 6 months. The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay. America will never give up the Moon again.”

The White House re-shared the post and highlighted one line: “The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay.”

The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay. 🌘 https://t.co/b24OqEEQb9 pic.twitter.com/5WPHYRNmeO

Social media users quickly responded with the same gag. Namely, that Trump and his administration should make it a one-way trip.

Can you all go to the moon and stay there and not come back? That’d be awesome.

Let’s fix the shitshow this administration has created on earth first.

You can send Trump as it's first President - but he has to be a resident President

What, fucking up the world is not enough for you psychotic clowns?

Yes, you should all pack up, fly there, and just STAY. Take Elon too.

Yeah....We've fucked up a planet. Now let's try for a moon. Leave it to humans.....to fuck shit up. To not care, to waste and to pollute. Go humans!!!!!

Good. Send Trump and all of his goons. Then shut down the space program again.

Yes, never give up the moon. Have a nice one-way trip there.

like everything's perfect on earth and we need to spread our greatness to the moon now

Move the admin there and stay.Housing optional honestly

More half of adults living paycheck to paycheck.Hundreds of thousands of people homeless.Over 10% of households living under the poverty line.Four in ten with medical debt.A record amount of wealth held by the top 1%.And you're thinking about the moon.

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