The second will be the Space Operations Mission Directorate, which will handle more routine, operational programs like the International Space Station and the Commercial Crew Program. NASA’s human exploration chief, Kathy Lueders, will now lead a new directorate focused on space operations. Lueders, who previously led NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, will move from her post as human spaceflight chief to helm the Space Operations Mission Directorate. How are we going to manage this huge change in scope?’”NASA’s Artemis program includes a wide range of technologies that fall under the now-decentralized human exploration directorate. “This approach allows one mission directorate to operate in space, while the other builds space systems,” Melroy said.

Source: The Nation September 21, 2021 20:48 UTC