What is Joe Biden’s plan for space?
Who cares what Joe Biden thinks about space policy?
It is safe to say that “moon or Mars” is not the defining issue of the 2020 presidential election. The former vice president’s campaign declined to talk to Quartz about Biden’s space policy or share who is advising him on what to do with NASA and the nascent US Space Force.
But the next president will face key decisions that will shape not just space exploration, but also American technological and economic superiority, and the topic deserves scrutiny. In an insightful May analysis, one writer called Biden a “space policy enigma,” which is true, but perhaps a better descriptor is a space policy void.
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