Trump's NASA Wants to Gut Itself, Own Space, Abandon Earth
Powered by defunding efforts and a lack of clear, unified plans, Trump's NASA is a mess of rhetoric and proposals. In recent days, it has become increasingly clear that NASA leadership
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Powered by defunding efforts and a lack of clear, unified plans, Trump's NASA is a mess of rhetoric and proposals. In recent days, it has become increasingly clear that NASA leadership
Sean Duffy wants NASA to place nuclear reactors on the Moon to claim regions of it, in clear violation of the Outer Space Treaty. Some time in the coming week, Acting NASA Administrator
Makenzie Lystrup, Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in the state of Maryland, shared on July 21st that she was resigning from the space agency. In her letter of resignation,
Donald Trump returned to the White House back in January, promising lofty goals for the country's space agency, including sending astronauts to the Moon and Mars. In the six months since
NASA leadership, consisting of Janet Petro, Acting NASA Administrator, Brian Hughes, NASA Chief of Staff, Vanessa Wyche, Acting NASA Associate Administrator, Casey Swails, Deputy Associate Administrator, held an agency-wide 'Town Hall'