Australia’s Morrison Pledges AU$150 Million to Support NASA’s Mission to Mars

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) perform an inspection of the troops during an Official Visit by the Australian PM at the White House in Washington, DC on Sept. 20, 2019. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced during a visit to NASA headquarters in Washington an AU$150 million (about $102 million) investment in new technology and business to reinforce the U.S. space agency’s ambitions of going to the moon and then Mars.

Morrison said in a statement that the Australian Space Agency will be working to “foster the new ideas and high-technology skilled jobs that will make Australian businesses a partner of choice to fit out NASA missions,” The Guardian reported.