Trump’s Space Force Will Guard the U.S. From Above, NASA Chief Says
- Agency is part of a broad retooling of U.S. space strategy
- Bridenstine priming NASA to return permanently to the moon
Source: NASA
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NASA’s administrator is a strong defender of President Donald Trump’s proposals for space -- including an armed force and a permanent presence on the moon -- and says he wants Americans to realize how much their well-being depends on what happens far above Earth.
“Every banking transaction requires a GPS signal for timing,” Jim Bridenstine said in an interview. “You lose the GPS signal and guess what you lose? You lose banking.”