"There is going to be a period of uncertainty regarding the positions and priorities of the new president in the field of space.
What started as a joke that NASA head Charles Bolden dismissedA miracle that took place at Bar-Ilan University on the occasion of his last visit to Israel), seems like a real threat - the cancellation of NASA's earth science program, the purpose behind which is a blatant attempt by republican politicians, financed by oil gods, to hide evidence of global warming.
"There is going to be a period of uncertainty when the new administration has not yet formulated its priorities in space and what programs NASA will be able to continue and what it will be asked to get rid of." "said author Jeff Fawcett [author of the book Fifty Years of Presidential Visions of Space Exploration] in an article he published Immediately after the election results are known.
During his election campaign, Trump referred several times to the issue of space in general, and the performance of NASA in particular. When asked about increasing NASA's budget, he replied: "Our first priority is to strengthen the country's economic base. After that we can discuss expenses." At the same time, regarding the position of the USA in space, Trump and his representatives said during the election campaign: "We are committed to the continued leadership of the USA in space."
Trump also expressed himself in a way that indicates a great interest in NASA's activities in the fields of research beyond Earth's orbit: "I will free NASA from the limitations of being used as a logistics agency for activities in low Earth orbit - Big Deal. Instead we will refocus our activities on deep space exploration. Under the Trump administration, Florida and America will lead the way to the stars. This is a very significant quote, which if translated into a stated space policy of the USA, may be translated into a major flagship project - even at the level of a presidential decision to carry out space missions to Mars.
This declaration also covers the transfer of the International Space StationיA for private industry. NASA already cooperates with private companies. Orbital and SpaceX launch cargo flights to the International Space StationיA. SpaceX and Boeing are supposed to start transporting American astronauts to and from the space station in the next year or two.
But not only the operational activity outside the earth does Trump want to cancel, but the entire earth observation project. According to Fawcett, earth sciences make up about 10% of NASA's budget and it is not certain whether they will be transferred to other parts of NASA's budget or to the agency that will inherit them (probably through cuts) - the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Agency (NOAA) or the US Geological Survey in (USGS).
Another program that may be on the chopping block is NASA's Asteroid Return Mission (ARM). The purpose of the program is to capture an asteroid and put it into orbit around the moon, and astronauts will reach it to explore the resources on its surface. This is in the framework of the preparations for the flight to Mars and the preparations of mankind to deflect asteroids that threaten the Earth.
In any case, Trump's first decision regarding NASA will not be financial but personal - appointing a director and deputy director for the agency. The current director of NASA, Charles Bolden, stated before the election that he would step down regardless of the outcome.
Tal Inbar also participated in the preparation of the article.
- More of the topic in Hayadan:
- The next president or female president of the United States will have to make a fateful decision regarding the space program," says John Logsdon, professor emeritus in the political science department at George Washington University and a member of the International Space University faculty in an interview with the website Heidan during the Space University held at the Technion in the summer of 2016.
- The technology developed for the moon landing is still influential today
- In his death, he bequeathed us the moon - about President Kennedy's space initiative, which was designed to surpass the records set by the Soviet Union
- Will Elon Musk and SpaceX establish the first human colony on Mars?
6 תגובות
my father
We know that EPA is a greenhouse gas and we know how much EPA the person emits.
What do you think is unknown? Why the strong need to deny simple science?
The warming is a fact but the cause of the warming has not been proven.
Therefore, the denial that man is the cause of warming still exists and is possible.
Simple account
why are you lying? The court in England ruled that although there are several mistakes and exaggerations in Gore's film - that his thesis is correct!!!
http://abcnews.go.com/US/TenWays/story?id=3719791&page=1
And beyond that, there is countless evidence that the earth is not warming, there is a solid scientific basis that the warming is to blame for man-made greenhouse gas emissions.
I'm really surprised by you - I thought global warming denial was already dead in the world.
There is no evidence of man-made warming of the Earth
And the court in Britannia has already condemned Al Gore's film as an anti-scientific hoax
This is a conspiracy of the globalists
whose goal is to enslave the "common" people and put themselves and their descendants as rulers.
Beautiful. It appears that the work plan of every American president regarding space is summarized in three main stages:
1. Cancellation of all previous plans that are not yet at a really advanced stage.
2. An enthusiastic speech in which the spectacular vision is told in general and non-binding terms.
3. Now he, the president, has 8 years to make up his mind, until the rambling end-of-term speech.
(And the great wonder: they still manage to do more than all the other space agencies, combined).
And what's wrong with that? Finally there will be a realistic budget to send humans to Mars