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“The move by Nasa is particularly notable because the creation of the Artemis program, and decision to land the first woman and person of color on the moon, were made in 2019 during the first Trump administration, according to the science journal Ars Technica.”

#NASA #Artemis

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moonBy Richard Luscombe
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Bet you China not only get to the Moon before Gilead does, but they are radical enough to put a Woman up there.

Remember though, Women voted to be Second Class citizens, Trump couldn't have got into power with their help, their racism, their greed, their ignorance

Suddenly, I do not care of the boondoggle of Artemis ever takes off the ground now. It relies on the Starship working, so it may not

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It is not easy to turn a big #bureaucracy, and there will undoubtedly be friction and pain points. But the opportunity here is enticing: #NASA should not be competing with things that private industry is already doing better, such as launching big rockets. Rather, it should find difficult research and development projects at the edge of the possible. arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/

Ars Technica · How did the CEO of an online payments firm become the nominee to lead NASA?By Eric Berger

What might a second term of #Trump mean for the #US #space program?
As far as #humanspaceflight is concerned, not much is expected to change in the short term, particularly regarding #NASA's #Artemis program, which aims to land a crew on the #Moon. It is also likely that a perceived threat from #China to US leadership in space will be a factor in NASA funding for a return to the Moon and retrieval of samples from #Mars. theregister.com/2024/11/12/tru

The Register · What might a second term of Trump mean for the US space program?By Richard Speed

"One concern I have is that U.S. space policy will continue to evolve to enable, even more so, the rapid occupation of Earth orbits without adequately accounting for the risks — operational, environmental, and security — associated with that growth."

space.com/space-exploration/wh

Space · What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space explorationBy Sharmila Kuthunur

🌳 The #nasa #giss #nyc #MoonTree arrived today

The first moon trees were from Apollo 14 when Stuart Roosa packed seeds in his bags as part of the US bicentennial:
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/

The idea of a tree grown of a seedling that had made its way around the moon piqued the interest of so many #STEM lovers that the modern #Artemis team decided we needed a new cohort of inspirational, well traveled trees:
nasa.gov/learning-resources/na

Our sapling sweet gum is hanging out w plants on our living wall