{"id":11779,"date":"2021-03-30T20:08:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/biden-administration-renews-mandate-for-national-space-council\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T20:08:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:08:41","slug":"biden-administration-renews-mandate-for-national-space-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/biden-administration-renews-mandate-for-national-space-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden administration renews mandate for National Space Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50902\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50902\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/51033393152_b59459a7ab_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/51033393152_b59459a7ab_b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/51033393152_b59459a7ab_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/51033393152_b59459a7ab_b-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/51033393152_b59459a7ab_b-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Biden speaks with members of the Perseverance rover team at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on March 4. Credit: White House photo by Adam Schultz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Biden will renew the National Space Council, a space policy group revived by the Trump White House after 25 years of dormancy, to assist in \u201cgenerating national space policies, strategies, and synchronizing America\u2019s space activities,\u201d an administration spokesman said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the National Security Council said the Biden administration is renewing the National Space Council \u201cat a time of unprecedented activity and opportunity generated by America\u2019s activities in space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s decision to continue the National Space Council was first reported by Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are still working details, we will tailor the council to ensure we have representation that can address the priorities of the administration \u2014 such as space-related science and technologies, space exploration, solutions to address climate change, ensuring economic and educational opportunities, building partnerships, cementing norms of behaviors in space, and addressing matters of national security efforts in space,\u201d the spokesman said in response to an inquiry from Spaceflight Now. \u201cThis is not an all-inclusive list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump revived the National Space Council in 2017 under the leadership of then-Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump White House named several Cabinet officials, the NASA administrator, the national security advisor, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the National Space Council, fusing interests of civilian space policy, space exploration, and national security. The council\u2019s public meetings were largely scripted and included pre-approved policy announcements from the Trump administration, such as Pence\u2019s announcement in 2019 that NASA should attempt to land U.S. astronauts on the moon before the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement spawned NASA\u2019s Artemis moon program, but the 2024 schedule goal was already slipping away before the end of the Trump administration. Jen Psaki, Biden\u2019s White House press secretary, said last month the administration supports the continuation of the Artemis program, but officials have not set a new timetable for a human lunar landing.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has not said who will chair the renewed National Space Council going forward. The White House also did not name what officials will be part of the group.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, President Biden nominated former Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, to be the next NASA chief. His nomination is pending a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, an advocacy group formed by space industry companies, issued a statement supporting the Biden administration\u2019s decision to continue the National Space Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustained coordination across multiple federal agencies through the National Space Council will ensure the United States can effectively address existing and emerging issues in space,\u201d the coalition said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA whole-of-government approach through a body such as the Space Council, with clear objectives stemming from the White House and informed by the broader community, will provide the necessary forum to ensure the continued coordination of space policy,\u201d said Andrew Allen, a former astronaut and the coalition\u2019s acting president and CEO.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden speaks with members of the Perseverance rover team at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on March 4. Credit: White House photo by Adam Schultz President Biden will renew the National Space Council, a space policy group revived by the Trump White House after 25 years of dormancy, to assist in \u201cgenerating national space policies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[190,1799,1488,1800,328,1801],"class_list":["post-11779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-nasa","tag-national-security-council","tag-national-space-council","tag-president-joe-biden","tag-space-policy","tag-white-house"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}