The White House wants to focus on 'beating China back to the Moon and putting the first human on Mars.' The administration is requesting $18.8 billion for NASA, down from $24.8 billion last year. NASA's Earth Science division would be slashed by more than $1.

The Trump administration is floating a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA while emphasizing the importance of going to Mars.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to cut key elements of NASA's moon program in favor of commercial alternatives and his emerging Mars-focused agenda, targeting an array of established projects in a proposed $6 billion cut to the space agency's overall budget for next year.