Trump repeatedly asks NASA administrator why we can't go straight to Mars

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On Friday, President Trump commemorated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 with a photo opportunity in the Oval Office, where he spent a lot of time questioning his administration's own policy for deep space human exploration. Surrounded by NASA officials, Moon walkers, and lawmakers, Trump repeatedly asked NASA's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, why astronauts couldn't go straight to Mars instead of going to the Moon first. "To get to Mars, you have to land ...