Social media users have mocked Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka for her remarks about future space missions on Twitter. The president's senior adviser retweeted a NASA post about the successful launch of four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Falcon Rocket 9 rocket and said that US astronauts will soon go to the Moon and Mars. "America, and our President Donald Trump, dreams big and shoot for the stars", wrote Ivanka.
Her post received 46,000 likes and almost 10,000 comments, most of which were sarcastic.
Many users noted that Donald Trump has nothing to do with future space missions as the rocket in question is developed by private company SpaceX founded by tech maverick Elon Musk.
Other netizens trolled the president's daughter about the reports of tax fraud allegedly committed by Ivanka and her father.
Many users contended that the use of personal pronouns indicates that the Trump family is leaving Earth.
Other users noted that the United States has far more important issues to focus on than space exploration.
And one netizen even expressed doubt about the future missions.
NASA plans to return to the Moon for the first time since 1972. The space agency will team up with Elon Musk's company SpaceX to land the first woman and the next man on Earth's satellite in 2024 with the help of Starship, a fully reusable rocket. Together with space agencies from other countries, NASA plans to establish a permanent presence on the Moon. SpaceX planned to launch a crewed mission to Mars in 2024, but later dropped this idea. Elon Musk recently said that the company plans an unmanned mission to the Red Planet by this date.