Why NASA’s Moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk Have a Lot Riding on US Election

FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

WASHINGTON/SEATTLE—President Donald Trump’s differences with rival presidential candidate Joe Biden extend far beyond planet earth.

President Trump’s plans to win the race in space call for a 2024 moon mission, and ending direct U.S. financial support for the International Space Station in 2025—turning over control of the decades-old orbital laboratory to private space companies.