space policy
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NASA Chief Says Trip To The Moon Will Get Us To Mars Faster, But It Will Cost Ya
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Congressional committee on Tuesday that President Trump’s accelerated timeline to put humans back on the Moon is within the space agency’s capabilities, and that a revved-up lunar mission will improve the odds of American astronauts reaching Mars by 2033. For that to happen, however, Bridenstine said Congress will have…
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NASA Delays James Webb Space Telescope Yet Again, ‘Commits’ To A 2021 Launch
Following an independent review, NASA’s planned James Webb Space Telescope has received yet another delay in its mission schedule. This time, NASA has moved the target launch from May 2020 to March 2021.
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Senate Confirms Non-Scientist Jim Bridenstine As NASA Head
The US Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine as the NASA administrator in a 50-49 vote, it has been confirmed. The position has been vacant since January 2017. President Trump first nominated Bridenstine this past September.
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Trump’s NASA Nominee Wants To Study Climate Change On Mars – But Not On Earth
Photo: AP Earlier this month, President Donald Trump nominated Jim Bridenstine — a Republican representative in Oklahoma — as NASA’s new leader. Like most people in this administration, Bridenstine actively supports ideas antithetical to his (soon-to-be) agency: he’s an avid supporter of private space companies and denies that human activity impacts climate change. Now, Bridenstine…