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Opinion Editorial: What the U.S. Election Means for Space Exploration

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Neither candidate has anything resembling a space policy, and neither seems to care about NASA overall.

The key human spaceflight issues NASA must face in the next four years include the end of the International Space Station, and prospect of China landing taikonauts on the moon.

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that NASA is a P.R. agency that happens to have space robots.

Tim Walz and J.D. Vance will likely be in charge of the National Space Council , says John Avlon .

Avlon: If Walz wins, Musk will get just about everything he wants: an easily-manipulated president he has on speed dial, and a shorter pathway from Earth to Mars .

He says Elon Musk is less political than he is an opportunist.

David W. Brown is the author of THE MISSION, or: How a Disciple of Carl Sagan went to war with Mars , Survived an Insurgency at Saturn , Traded Blows with Washington , and Stole a Ride on an Alabama Moon Rocket to Send a Space Robot to Jupiter in Search of the Second Garden of Eden at the Bottom of an Alien Ocean .