MIKE PENCE/NASA/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Reviving the National Space Council’
The order ‘revives’ The National Space Council, a council tasked with advising the president on space strategy that was first established in a 1989 executive order by George H. W. Bush. It appoints the Vice President as chairman and establishes the agency heads that will compose it.
The council will meet at least annually to review policies and develop strategies for space activity. The order mandates that the group submit a report to the President ‘setting forth its assessment of, and recommendations for, the space policy and strategy of the United States Government’ within the next year.
‘The establishment of the council is another demonstration of the Trump Administration’s deep interest in our work, and a testament to the importance of space exploration to our economy, our nation, and the planet as a whole,’ said acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot in a statement about the order.”
-Avalon Zoppo, Amanda Proenca Santos, and Jackson Hudgins, “Here’s the Full List of Donald Trump’s Executive Orders,” NBC News, Oct 17, 2017 11:58am