Biden keeps Trump's National Space Council

While President Biden has put as much distance as possible between himself and most of his predecessor’s policies, there is one area that Biden appears satisfied not to touch—space.

"At a time of unprecedented activity and opportunity generated by America’s activities in space, the National Space Council will be renewed to assist the President in generating national space policies, strategies, and synchronizing America’s space activities," said the NSC statement. "While we are still working details, we will tailor the Council to ensure we have representation that can address the priorities of the Administration—such as space-related science and technologies, space exploration, solutions to address climate change, ensuring economic and educational opportunities, building partnerships, cementing norms of behaviors in space, and addressing matters of national security efforts in space. This is not an all-inclusive list." The White House decision to retain the National Space Council was first reported by Politico.