Moon first, or Mars? New space race being fought via T-shirts

It was just last month when legendary Apollo XI and Gemini 12 astronaut Buzz Aldrin wowed Twitter followers with his sweet “Get Your Ass to Mars” T-shirt.

Here and ready to answer your questions. #AskBuzz pic.twitter.com/lLS9uAQjAr

— Dr. Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) October 27, 2014

Aldrin’s goal? To inspire the next president to commit to a manned mission to Mars by the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing. Is Mars a bit too much to ask? Friday, David Masten, rocket designer and founder of Masten Space Systems, unveiled another T-shirt which he says “says it all.”

New t shirt says it all. pic.twitter.com/2l53Whu2ND

— David Masten (@dmasten) November 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/jayestes/status/530761158752755712

https://twitter.com/ProfErwinCorey/status/530761869553053696

Is this some sort of space grudge match we don’t know about, or just an opportunity to expand our geeky T-shirt collection? And what’s the chance of the next president committing to any sort of manned space program?