US President Donald Trump signed a bill authorising 19(point)5 billion US dollar funding for the NASA programmes and setting a new goal to send humans to Mars. The law, known as the NASA Transition Authorization Act, gives the space agency the funding for fiscal year 2018. <br/><br/>It also asks the agency to create a plan to send a "crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s." Opening a new vista to human exploration of the space, Mr Trump signed the bill in his Oval Office of the White House in the presence of the Vice President Mike Pence. <br/><br/>In his brief remarks, Trump praised the bill as a boon<br/>for NASA and a job creator. He said the bill will make sure that NASA's most important and effective programmes are sustained.<br/>