There's no national security angle; NASA is a purely civilian scientific agency with no military facets. Other agencies—USAF, USSF, NRO—handle the US' militariz

There's no national security angle; NASA is a purely civilian scientific agency with no military facets. Other agencies—USAF, USSF, NRO—handle the US' militarization of space (and they have *considerably* larger budgets than NASA. Trump's creation, "Space Force!", gets $39.9 billion[0] in the new budget—twice the entirety of NASA's, and a 40% YoY increase). [0] https://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/FM-Resources/Budget/Air-Force-Presidents-Budget-FY26/ https://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/FM-Resources/Budget/Air-Force-Pr... ("Department of the Air Force President's Budget Request FY26")