20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
..., what did Obama see as success in regards to space-related activities and what is on the agenda for Trump’s new Administration? In the weeks leading up to todays inauguration President Obama directed all of his Cabinet-level appointees to prepare...
01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
... of significant Federal funding within the next 6 years.” Earlier this year, the Whitehouse reported that the Trump administration wants to end direct federal support for the ISS – which currently stands at around $3 to $4 billion per year...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... Artemis Program does raise some questions, however. As programme plans began to crystallise during the middle of the Trump Administration, my colleagues and I on the legal and policy side of the US Government space community began to realise that...
15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
... mission should be a good thing, the source of that funding is proving controversial. The extra $1.6 million apportioned to NASA, Trump administration officials have confirmed, is coming from monies taken from the Pell Grant Reserve Fund. The Pell...
25 October 2019
Jim Bridenstine discusses impact of Trump impeachment on NASA plans
... reason for the accelerated timeline is so that the next Moon landing might happen during a potential second Trump administration, to "retire political risk" of shifting legislative priorities.
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... each; 2025 and 2027 for the Clipper and Lander respectively The bill also rejects the Trump Administration’s proposals to terminate or postpone a number of key programmes including two Earth science initiatives, PACE and CLARREO-Pathfinder...
