Keith’s note: According to the Washington Post: “Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated. Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump.” According to House Science Committee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren: “This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation,” said Ranking Member Lofgren. “The NSB is apolitical. It advises the president on the future of NSF. It unfortunately is no surprise a president who has attacked NSF from day one would seek to destroy the board that helps guide the Foundation.”
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member... More by Keith Cowing
Ronald Reagan, 1988:
“Science and engineering play a vital role in maintaining our Nation’s defense, improving its health, and increasing its economic productivity.”
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/message-congress-transmitting-annual-report-national-science-board
How do we think the growth of this new lunar economy will work out ?