Fake News: Trump signs S.442 bill funding NASA and underlining expectations/rules

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Trump wants to make space travel great again.

The federal government may not acquire human space flight transportation services from a foreign entity unless:

there is no U.S. government-operated human space flight capability available,
there is no U.S. commercial provider available, and
it is a qualified foreign entity.

This means future government officials will not be able to fund/pay for space travel coming from other countries. Which really means.... if Chinese billionaires create spaceships then they must operate business in the US or pay taxes to us(Qualified foreign entity) for us to buy their ships.

The bill states that the objective of the Commercial Crew Program shall be to assist in the development and certification of commercially provided transportation that can: (1) carry U.S. government astronauts safely, reliably, and affordably to and from the ISS; (2) serve as a crew rescue vehicle; and (3) accomplish those goals as soon as practicable. Such objective shall be the primary consideration in the acquisition strategy for such program.

The bill emphasizes the need to be in space. With proper funding and resource management there is a real possibility a new private sector shows up in space within the next 10 years.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-...enate-bill/442

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"Space science"

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"Jobs- Space Jobs"

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No more fake news please