Trump signs order creating national space council with VP Pence as chair (al.com)

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Updated on June 30, 2017 at 4:55 PMPosted on June 30, 2017 at 4:54 PM

By Lee Roop

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President Trump formed a long-anticipated National Space Council today bringing both military and civilian government space programs closer together. Vice President Mike Pence will chair the council and become the president's chief adviser on national space policy.

The council could bring clarity and focus to the nation's space efforts, or it could create more confusion in an environment where civilian and military programs have different goals and operating systems. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), who represents the district that is home of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, attended the signing ceremony and was optimistic.

"The National Space Council will realign our nation's space policy towards national goals and assess possible gaps in government systems," Brooks said in a statement. "With the reestablishment of the National Space Council today, President Trump and Vice President Pence have put America back on a path to global leadership in space."

Here are the members of the council as spelled out in the order:

The vice president, who will chair the council; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of Transportation; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; the Director of National Intelligence; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the heads of other executive departments and agencies and other senior officials within the Executive Office of the President, as determined by the chairman.
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Mmmmmm great. Pres. Eisenhower, who was a thousand times the President that Anus Orange ever will be, was insistent that the space program be civilian, not military. Bringing the space program and the military closer together is not a step in the right direction.

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1. This Mo Brooks character sounds a bit mo' brown-nose-ish

Just because you got a little council don't mean squat, pal,
until you do something. Maybe putting some actual civilians on
your board would be a good place to start, hmmm?

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2. He must have heard about the child sex slaves on Mars. n/t

[yortsed snacilbuper]

3. Too the moon Alice.

[Alice11111]

4. How about a scientist, Kelly? DTs pick doesn't believe in

evolution or many other scienific facts.

It's like his:
Putting someone in charge of education who wants to destroy public education;
Putting someone as Energy Sec who wants to abolish the Dept;
Head the EPA by someone who doesnt believe in climate change; and on & on.

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5. Under Pence, their first assignment: How high is Heaven? nt

[GallopingGhost]

7. Hell if he knows! n/t

[WinkyDink]

6. To militarize Space and incite a new (and profitable) Cold War.