The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, gave an enthusiastic thumbs up on Monday after the newly sworn-in US president, Donald Trump, announced plans to send astronauts to Mars in his inauguration speech.
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Trump said the US was a nation that 'will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars'. Musk responded with vigorous applause, a broad grin and a thumbs up
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