By CCN: Elon Musk’s space ambitions are no secret. The eccentric boss of Tesla and Space X aims to land a spacecraft on the moon and begin setting up a Mars colony within the next decade. But he faces tough competition… from the president of the United States. Donald Trump doubled down on his own space vision this weekend during a state visit to Japan. Speaking at a press conference with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, he said: “We’ll be going to the moon. We’ll be going to Mars very soon. From a military standpoint, there’s nothing more important right

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