DONALD Trump wants to put astronauts back on the moon by 2020 and claim it for America, according to a leaked report. The new President's administration also plans to privatise space travel as it believes it is a 'trillion-dollar a year' business opportunity.

3 Trump's administration wants to put Americans back on the moon by 2020 Credit: Alamy

3 The report claims US should bag 'property rights' on earth's nearest neighbour Credit: PA:Press Association Documents reveal Trump's business team is looking to put 'private' astronauts back on the moon within three years. It also wants to kick-start a programme developing private space stations, according to internal documents obtained by Politico. "NASA's new strategy will prioritise economic growth and the organic creation of new industries and private sector jobs over 'exploration'," reads the NASA action plan. "Done correctly, this could create a trillion-dollar per year space economy, dominated by America." This new 'business' focus would financially benefit the tech billionaires who have already invested fortunes probing the opportunities space offers.