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Space Policy Edition: Are Democrats falling behind on space policy?

2025/7/4
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Casey Dreyer: 奥巴马政府时期，美国太空政策经历了重大变革，大力支持商业伙伴关系，从根本上改变了市场。但近年来，民主党提出的新政策有所减少，拜登政府对太空政策的态度相对低调。如果两党不参与太空问题，那么它就不能保持两党合作或无党派，最终可能将太空这一非党派问题转变为党派问题，这对国家和太空政策来说都是糟糕的结果。我们需要探讨为什么美国两大政党之一可能正在从一个应该具有普遍性的问题上退缩。 Mary Gunther: 我认为民主党在太空政策方面已经失去了一些领导地位，因为共和党正在通过行动和信息传递来真正掌握这个问题。民主党提出的太空立法比共和党少30%，而且他们参与的话题广度不如共和党。我们需要更好地向美国人民传达我们为什么要去太空，因为太空在许多方面影响着每个美国人的生活。我希望看到民主党以更积极和更全面的方式参与进来，以便我们制定两党政策，推动进步，并将我们团结在一起。

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This chapter sets the stage by discussing the significant changes in US space policy during the Obama administration, including the cancellation of the Constellation Program and the rise of commercial partnerships. It then introduces the central question of whether Democrats are losing their leadership in space policy, highlighting a concerning decline in the number of space-related bills introduced by Democrats compared to Republicans in recent years. The Planetary Society's non-partisan stance is emphasized.
  • Significant changes in US space policy under Obama
  • Democrats introduced fewer space bills than Republicans
  • Planetary Society's non-partisan approach

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Have Democrats ceded leadership in space policy? That’s what Mary Guenther believes. She’s the Director of Space Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute and the author of an editorial that claims Democrats have ceded their leadership. She traces the party’s arc from Obama-era reforms to recent data showing that Democrats introduced a third fewer space bills than Republicans in recent years, and proposes ways that the party should embrace this forward-looking field while tying it to their core issues of job creation, supply chains, and climate science.

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