In our article from Tuesday November 19, 2024 entitled 'With Donald Trump: Make Space Great Again', we wrote about the space policy desired by the future 47th President of the United States: ” Losing the race to the Moon, for which the Chinese have set their moon landing in 2030, would be a global humiliation for America, as was the failure of the Soviet Union in the first space race. »
This is why we continued: “ It appears likely that the head of NASA will not be renewed and that the cost devoted to manned flight will involve significant cuts in certain programs such as: Earth observation, astronomy and other scientific programs, notably that on the study of climate, while Joe Biden had during his mandate elevated climate change to NASA's priority level like never before. »
By appointing Jared Isaacman as head of NASA, it is now done.
Donald Trump throughout his first term from January 2017 to January 2021 has always shown a constant commitment to space: “ Defending American interests in space would be a great thing, not only for jobs and everything else, but it would also be a great thing for the psyche of our country. »
Today, what is changing is that it is taking a strong and determined position on the development of human flights, and therefore space tourism, and this perhaps to the detriment of certain programs such as: Earth observation. , astronomy and other scientific programs including the study of climate.
The appointment of Jared Isaacman, close to Elon Musk, as head of NASA is the best proof of this, especially when we know that the latter was the financier and instigator:
– of the mission “Inspiration 4”where in September 2021, in the company of two women and a man for three days this crew evolved around the Earth at around 570 km altitude, or around 130 km higher than the International Space Station
– and recently the mission Polaris Dawnwhich took off on September 10 with Jared Isaacman, Scott Pote and former Air Force pilot on board, as well as two SpaceX engineers, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, who during the five days of the mission carried out 36 experiments for 23 international institutions, including tests of SpaceX's future space suit, and above all: carried out a spacewalk, the first for a private person.
