His underlying vision for NASA: “to explore the heavens with humans and machines.”For landing astronauts on the moon, Nelson said the goal remains 2024, a deadline set by the Trump administration. Starship is what NASA intends to use to land astronauts on the moon; that $3 billion contract, however, is being protested by the two losing companies. Might the 78-year-old Nelson — who flew on space shuttle Columbia in 1986 — be interested in a commercial space ride? Selected for the job: former space shuttle commander Pam Melroy. In a show of bipartisan space support, the two previous administrators took part in the ceremony, representing the Obama and Trump administrations.

Source: ABC News May 07, 2021 20:37 UTC