Trump White House drops diversity plan for Moon landing it created back in 2019. “We’re updating our language regarding plans to send crew to the lunar surface.”
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/trump-white-house-drops-diversity-plan-for-moon-landing-it-created-back-in-2019/
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“Only those who voted for certain someone may go to the moon now!”
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they don’t call it the white house because of the paint job
And they cut funding for space exploration, so this is 100% performative.
Send the guy who wants to go to Mars so badly. He can stay there.
You mean downgrading your language because you’re atavistic.
At this rate they’re gonna put up a sign on the moon’s surface that reads “No Coloreds”.
This is so important right now. Truly the top of the list of things we need.
I mean, it’s a moon mission, I hope we’re just picking the most qualified candidates.
“Let’s diminish a highly trained astronaut, making people think he’s there just because he’s black, or a woman”.
God, they’re gonna crash into the moon, aren’t they?
Considering this would almost certainly be a SpaceX production, he’s doing diverse candidates a favor given their recent launch history.
China has the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now since this mission will most definitely get delayed (if not cancelled)
They should send up only Asian astronauts. That would be hilarious. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ you said no diversity!
Wait until they find out why it’s called the Artemis mission.
Why is there even a diversity plan for a moon landing?
Guarantee if Space Twitter is involved— all will be dead on the lunar surface.
Told ya. But no, I was ‘over-exaggerating’ or whatnot.
I think it’s time for those not familiar with the Mercury 13 to read up on the story of Jerrie Cobb, Wally Funk, and the rest of their all-female training class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_13
They passed all of the astronaut tests back during the Mercury program, but were denied access to the astronaut corps, because “the fact that women are not in this field is a fact of our social order.” And the person who spoke those reprehensible words in front of Congress? John. Glenn.
Conservative white men simply can’t help themselves from pulling the ladder up from behind them. This is why we have to be so explicit about diversity — because qualified candidates are often passed over precisely because of the implicit bias of those calling the shots.
next up: Trump signs toiletpaper roll with the new dedicated official white house toilet sharpie declaring new name of earth to be: earth of america
I’m ok with this. Why should brown or black people go up into space in these experimental flying tin cans? You all can have it.
The new policy is White men only, and that’s for just about everything. Some white women can get work but only if they are hot and of child bearing age.
Joke’s on you Jonny Kim! Shoulda focused on being white instead of wasting all that time becoming a Navy SEAL/Harvard doctor/astronaut!
There won’t be any return to the moon nor mars because of the Trump administration. If human returns to the moon they most likely will be Chinese and to Mars as well
Merit is the way to go. Race should never be an issue, this isn’t the 1950’s.