President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing government agencies to “eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for commercial launch […]
Tag: space policy
What exactly is Golden Dome? This Space Force general owes Trump an answer.
“Basically, I’ve been given 60 days to come up with the objective architecture.” Gen. Michael Guetlein, overseeing the development of […]
Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them
You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency […]
Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts
Fewer robots, more humans The House version of NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget includes $9.7 billion for exploration programs, a […]
Nearly everyone opposes Trump’s plan to kill space traffic control program
The trade organizations count the largest Western commercial satellite operators among their members: SpaceX, Amazon, Eutelsat OneWeb, Planet Labs, Iridium, […]
During a town hall Wednesday, NASA officials on stage looked like hostages
A Trump appointee suggests NASA may not have a new administrator until next year. NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens, acting […]
5 things in Trump’s budget that won’t make NASA great again
If signed into law as written, the White House’s proposal to slash nearly 25 percent from NASA’s budget would have […]
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
One of the new Trump administration’s first national security directives aims to defend against missile and drone attacks targeting the […]
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
To a large extent, NASA resisted this change during the remainder of the Trump administration, keeping its core group of […]
How might NASA change under Trump? Here’s what is being discussed
Skip to content “Elon get those rocket ships going because we want to reach Mars before the end of my […]