Department of Government Efficiency Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Sat, 08 Mar 2025 20:57:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Department of Government Efficiency Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Tracking DOGE’s impact on space and the federal workforce https://spacenews.com/tracking-doges-impact-on-space-and-the-federal-workforce/ https://spacenews.com/tracking-doges-impact-on-space-and-the-federal-workforce/#respond Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=514129

The White House and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency have spent the first weeks of Donald Trump’s new administration looking to reduce the number of federal workers and […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/tracking-doges-impact-on-space-and-the-federal-workforce/feed/ 0 514129 Increasing the efficiency of the U.S. national security space program https://spacenews.com/increasing-the-efficiency-of-the-u-s-national-security-space-program/ https://spacenews.com/increasing-the-efficiency-of-the-u-s-national-security-space-program/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512646 Image of anti-satellite weaponry generated via DALL-E.

President Trump’s reelection and establishment of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States national security space program […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/increasing-the-efficiency-of-the-u-s-national-security-space-program/feed/ 0 512646 Do the Space Launch System and Orion have a future under the Trump administration?  https://spacenews.com/do-the-space-launch-system-and-orion-have-a-future-under-the-trump-administration/ https://spacenews.com/do-the-space-launch-system-and-orion-have-a-future-under-the-trump-administration/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=511467 Artemis 2 crew and Orion

Since the recent presidential election, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the future of NASA’s Moon to Mars plans during the second Trump administration. Will we accelerate plans to […]

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In the complex world of military reorganization, few initiatives have generated as much debate in recent years as the U.S. Space Force, created during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. When […]

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If President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk get their way, NASA may become a glorified contracting agency.  As Musk promises the American public “temporary hardship” as he looks to cut […]

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