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Human space travel is an inherently dangerous and unforgiving business and identity politics should play no role in our taxpayer funded space program. And yet…here we are.
Back in June of 2021, under orders from the Biden White House, NASA launched a new mission to the planet “Woke.” NASA described the “Mission Equity” initiative as “a comprehensive effort to assess expansion and modification of agency programs, procurements, grants, and policies, and examine what potential barriers and challenges exist for communities that are historically underrepresented and underserved.”
In other words, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is now the filter through which NASA decisions run.
In May of this year during a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, two Republican senators, Eric Schmitt from Missouri, and Ted Cruz from Texas, rightfully took issue with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and what Schmitt described as “misguided woke…
