![]() We will return our nation to the moon – we will go to Mars – and we will go still further, to places we can only imagine. He vowed that the United States would maintain a constant presence in low Earth orbit while sending missions onward to the moon, Mars and beyond. Pence cited Trump’s characterization of space as “the next great American frontier” and said NASA’s work would be reoriented toward human space exploration. ![]() “But I’m here to tell you, that as we still enter this new century, we will beat back any disadvantage that our lack of attention has placed, and America will once again lead in space for the benefit and the security of all of our people and all of the world.” “For nearly 25 years, our government’s commitment seems to have not matched the spirit of the American people,” Pence said. ![]() He cast last week’s revitalization of the National Space Council, which was disbanded by the Clinton administration in 1993, as a signal that space policy would be given a higher profile. “Here from this bridge to space, our nation will return to the moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars,” Pence declared. Pence laid out the broad strokes of the Trump administration’s aspirations for space exploration during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Vice President Mike Pence, the newly minted chairman of a revived National Space Council, said today that President Donald Trump is committed to a return to the moon and a push onward to Mars. There’s one problem with that theory though: Six months into the Trump presidency, NASA still doesn’t have an administrator.Vice President Mike Pence addresses a gathering at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a prototype Orion spaceship as a backdrop. He also did little to reconcile the apparent importance of NASA with proposed budget cuts.īut maybe Pence was just trying to give a rousing speech heavy on symbolism, leaving the policy to the NASA administrator. Despite the grandiose language - America will take “our rightful place as the vanguard of humanity’s historic rendezvous with the future,” Pence said - the particulars of the Trump administration’s space plan remain murky. will achieve those goals or provide any timetables. Pence didn’t go into detail about how the U.S. “Today, I come to assure you, the men and women of NASA, and all those at this gateway to the stars, where the aspirations of the American people have taken flight, that under President Donald Trump, America will lead in space once again,” he said. by strengthening the economy, unlocking new technology, inspiring children to love science, and helping keep America safe. space policy, and Pence laid out ambitious goals for NASA in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, which he called “the heart and soul of our space program, where science fiction has become science fact for generations.”Īmerica will “get back to winning” in space, Pence said, and “usher in a new era of space leadership.” He said space exploration will help the U.S. Last seated in 1993, the council is charged with guiding U.S. His remarks came days after President Trump appointed him the head of the revived National Space Council. to return to the moon and put “American boots on the face of Mars.” Vice-President Mike Pence announced Thursday plans for the U.S.
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