(Jack Davis, The Western Journal) One piece of the Trump administration will survive into the Biden era, but likely with a different twist.
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Source – The Federalist Papers
by Jack Davis, The Western Journal, May 2nd, 2021
On Saturday, the Biden administration announced that the National Space Council would remain with Vice President Kamala Harris at its chairwoman, according to Axios.
The council started under former President George H.W. Bush, who created it with a 1990 executive order that included it being chaired by the vice president, according to Politico.
It lapsed when his term ended, according to Politico. Then-President Donald Trump brought it back to life in 2017, according to SpaceNews.
During the Trump administration, the council was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence.
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“To that, I would just want to add that the vice president also intends to put her own personal stamp on the council.”
The official said that the Biden administration’s focus on space would include “supporting sustainable development of commercial space activity, advancing peaceful norms and responsible behaviors in space, achieving peaceful exploration objectives with our allies and partners,” according to Politico.
This is interesting. VP Harris has shown great interest to the US STEM programs and space exploration has been a key object of this effort. Will she be able to bring additional political motivation to the Artemis program?
— Alexandre Arrivé (@AlexandreArrive) May 1, 2021
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a member of the space council’s User Advisory Group, said top-level leadership is important.
“Having the vice president run it keeps it at the right level,” he said, according to Politico.
“I’m delighted so far on how they have handled space. They are building on really having a dominant position in space again.”
“Space technology can address the problem of climate change and is central to the current contest for global leadership between the United States and China,” said Peter Garretson, a senior fellow in defense studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, according to Politico.
“The National Space Council is essential to mobilizing the United States to effectively compete.”
Others involved said the group benefited from having a voice in the highest offices.
“The vice president should chair the National Space Council as the space business should always have a friend in the White House,” said Homer Hickam, a former NASA engineer who trained Japan’s astronauts and is currently a member of the National Space Council’s User Advisory Group, according to Politico.
“There is extremely important work to be done in space,” Hickam added, “not only by NASA but other interested departments within the federal government as well as commercial entities, and great decisions yet to be made.”
There were still plenty of skeptics though.
Harris has also been put in charge of managing the country’s illegal immigration crisis, a job where she’s gotten plenty of criticism.
Since harris did such a great job with her dedicated project with the stampede at the border, buyden has now selected her to task a new project!
Chairing the National Space Council!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) May 2, 2021
Harris to spearhead National Space Council: "When we shoot for the moon, we plant our flag on it" https://t.co/l46abLMePj pic.twitter.com/aWBXGdFxVz
— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2021
An executive secretary will be hired to provide day-to-day leadership.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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