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Ars Technica mentions another symptom of the Russian space program’s doldrums. Recently, the Russians launched a rocket from the R-7 family of launch vehicles for the 2,000th time.
Mr. Trump's post made it sound like Musk himself would be going to space, adding to widespread confusion about what was being planned, in part because the astronauts in question, Starliner ...
The space policy of the Donald Trump administration, as of December 2020, comprises six Space Policy Directives and an announced "National Space Strategy" (issued March 28, 2018), [1] [2] [3] representing a directional shift from the policy priorities and goals of his predecessor, Barack Obama. A National Space Policy was issued on December 9 ...
The Trump and Musk alliance could speed up the next human moon landing and Starship's first mission to Mars. What Trump's second term means for space and why one expert is 'hugely optimistic' Skip ...
National Space Council meeting in 2019, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington D.C.. The National Space Council is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States created in 1989 during the George H. W. Bush administration, disbanded in 1993, and reestablished in June 2017 by the Donald Trump administration.
On December 11, 2017, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1, a change in national space policy that provides for a U.S.-led, integrated program with private sector partners for a human return to the Moon, followed by missions to Mars and beyond.
Further speculation has questioned whether the new Trump administration may opt to cancel NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS — a rocket that has long been over budget and plagued by delays.
The choice was quickly criticized by both Republican and Democratic politicians, saying that NASA should be headed by a "space professional", not a politician or a Trump ally. [39] Critics drew attention to Bridenstine's lack of formal qualifications in science or engineering, unlike previous appointees to that post.