President Donald Trump set a bold new goal in his inauguration speech. He wants to go to Mars. Details are thin, but the aspiration should benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a bevy of publicly traded commercial space stocks.

In his 29-minute Inaugural Address, Trump promised to defeat inflation and to “end the chronic disease epidemic.” He promised national power so great that it could “stop all wars,” and expand the nation’s territory. He even promised to “restore American promise.”

President Trump vowed to send American astronauts to the planet Mars in his inaugural address, envisioning a moment when the U.S. flag is planted on Martian soil. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars,

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear.

In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump reignited America’s space ambitions with a bold declaration: a mission to Mars. Promising to plant the Stars and Stripes on the Red Planet, Trump’s vision to invigorate the US space industry and redefine the nation’s role as a leader in extraterrestrial exploration sent share prices of companies