A New Era: Introduction - National Space Council Policy - #2

Last Thursday, (23 July 2020), the National Space Council – at the White House – issued a fascinating document.  “A New Era for Space Exploration and Development.”
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-New-Era-for-Space-Exploration-and-Development-07-23-2020.pdf
 
This new policy is significant.  We are shifting our production schedule regarding the Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure to share it with our community.  This kind of national policy shift is part of the new ‘adventure’ of building systems for space. 
 
Lately, these changes are being considered and deliberated (by some very smart people) over the course of a few months, and then enacted.  Honestly, it is both refreshing, and it also requires us to modify, occasionally, on our overarching plans.
 
In the case of this new policy, it has wide-ranging implications. 
 
Policy topics of this video include:

• Low Earth Orbit Commercialization
• Industrial Scale Commercial Space Activities
• Changing Definition of Leadership
• Multi-Agency Governmental Roles in Space

 
This deep dive into national policy will become a regular feature of our Channel.  This stuff matters: all the decisions we make, internally, must be anchored in the reality of Washington DC’s priority matrix.  One of the reasons we decided to restart the company was – precisely – because of the international attention that the Moon is getting these days.  Stay tuned!

Michael Laine
President, LiftPort Group