President Trump Sets Course for the Moon

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On December 11th President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that firmly points the US space effort toward the Moon, but without providing many details. Planetary Society Director of Space Policy Casey Dreier fills in some of the gaps left by this executive directive.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	Emily Bruce Bill and the rest of us at the society. Thanks and happy holidays.
0:41.5	President Trump sets course for the moon this week on planetary radio.
0:47.0	Welcome, I'm a Kaplan of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our
0:56.1	solar system and beyond.
0:58.5	The announcement came out of nowhere, and with only about 24 hours notice, the White House made known that there would be a signing ceremony on Monday, December 11th.
1:08.0	Sure enough, there was U.S. President Donald Trump surrounded by Vice President Mike Pence, other administration
1:14.7	officials, members of Congress, and distinguished astronauts including Peggy Wittsen
1:19.7	and Buzz Aldrin.
1:21.4	We'll learn what the hubbub was about when we welcome back the Planetary
1:25.0	Society's Director of Space Policy, Casey Dreyer.
1:29.1	The Moon hadn't quite risen when I joined Bruce Betts on a stretch of California Beach for this
1:34.4	week's What's Up conversation. Oh and President Trump also mentioned Mars
1:38.7	during that ceremony, not Venus though, and I doubt that anyone was surprised, Planetary Society digital
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