What Could Possibly Happen to NASA After Donald Trump Wins US Elections 2016

The U.S. presidential elections is currently in full swing. Supporters of both Donald Trump, Republican candidate, and Hillary Clinton, Democratic candidate, are on edge patiently waiting for the results of the ballot.

Over the course of the campaign, both Trump and Clinton have expressed and explained their plans for the country should they be elected as commander-in-chief. To the surprise of everyone, it was annouced today that Trump won the elections, and the election of the new leader could mean changes for science, specifically for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA.

Robert S. Walker and Peter Navarro, senior advisers of Donald Trump, have recently published an opinion piece on SpaceNews as reported by Daily Caller regarding Trump's plans for the U.S. According to Navarro and Walker should the Republican candidate win the office, the focus would be on exploring and sending humans to other planets specifically to Mars.

"NASA should be focused primarily on deep-space activities rather than Earth-centric work that is better handled by other agencies. Human exploration of our entire solar system by the end of this century should be NASA's focus and goal," quipped Navarro and Walker.

But what would happen if Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, actually won? Clinton is poised to continue the projects spearheaded by Barack Obama, which are geared towards Earth-centric projects.

"[Clinton would] continue the Obama administration's prioritization of [Earth] science at NASA, keeping funding at around 1.8 [billion] to 2 billion [dollars] a year" explained Casey Dreier, director of space policy at the Planetary Society as reported by Space.com.

The results of the elections went out on Nov. 9, 4 am, and Donald Trump has been announced as the 45th President of America. Telegraph reports that Trump won key states namely Florida, Ohio, NC and Pennsylvania. The future of NASA now depends on the hands of Trump.