Biden takes Trump’s lead in space – By Miriam Kramer (Axios) / Feb 16 2021
The Biden administration is staying the course set out by the Trump administration when it comes to space, at least for now.
Why it matters: Administrations often abandon their predecessors’ goals in favor of new ones when they come to power. That kind of “moonshot whiplash” can leave NASA stuck on Earth because it takes consistency between administrations to accomplish large exploration goals.
Driving the news: Earlier this month, the Biden administration affirmed its plans to continue the Artemis program to land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon.
- The administration also threw its weight behind the Space Force, with White House press secretary Jen Psaki saying the new military branch has the “full support of the Biden administration.”
- “I’m very proud of the Biden administration for sticking with these very important measures,” Jim Bridenstine, Trump’s NASA administrator, told me. “My goal from day one was to create a program that was sustainable, that would be able to cross from one administration to the next.”
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