Indeed, the first Trump administration developed seven space policy directives, including the development of the U.S. Space Force. To Mr. Stone, the Trump White House could save a lot of time by following the space council’s directives.
“Rather than wait another six months to a year to find out the same problems that are still there, why not reference the stuff you already put together with the previous council and the National Security Council working together and just execute that, save a bunch of time and effort?” Mr. Stone said. “This will prevent another bureaucratic layer or two that could be used to stall things out in discussion.”