Space Florida official to Trump administration: Appoint space leaders
Vice President Mike Pence’s optimistic speech at Kennedy Space Center last week needs some muscle behind it, space industry experts and officials say.
A crucial first step? Filling important leadership positions.
NASA has been operating with an acting administrator and the administration without a national science adviser since President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20.
Still, experts say a re-formed National Space Council, defunct since 1993, and growing interest in private space efforts are reasons to be encouraged.
NASA “will continue to operate well, but what you want to do is put someone on the job permanently to create some stability,” Space Florida President and CEO Frank DiBello said.
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