Commentary by Mike Snead, President, Spacefaring Institute™
On August 13, 2018, at his signing of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at Fort Drum, New York, home of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, in front Continue Reading95 – Is the President’s new U.S. Space Force being resisted by DOD?
President Trump’s reconstitution of the National Space Council, combined with his growing official interest in U.S. government and commercial space capabilities, has opened the door to a substantial advance of Continue Reading90 – National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group
President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 3 on June 18, 2018. This follows Space Policy Directive 1, signed on December 11, 2017, and Directive 2 signed on May 24, 2018. Continue Reading89 – Space Policy Directive 3 (June 18, 2018)
At his Wednesday night (June 20, 2018) Minnesota rally, when President Trump began to explain that he was reinvigorating NASA’s human space exploration program, supporters spontaneously took up the chant Continue Reading88 – Overcoming the “deep state” opposition to a U.S. Space Force
President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 2 on May 24, 2018. This follows Space Policy Directive 1 signed on December 11, 2017. This directive addresses: commercial spaceflight licensing, commercial remote Continue Reading87 – Space Policy Directive 2 (May 24, 2018)
President Trump has signed two additional policy directives addressing space. This and the next two Spacefaring America blog postings will share the first three Space Policy Directives of President Trump. Continue Reading86 – Space Policy Direct 1 (December 11, 2017)