With President Trump reestablishing the National Space Council – which had been defunct since President Bill Clinton took office in 1993 – there will be many companies joining the US’s new 21st century space race. Two of the biggest names on that list are well-established aviation giants, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, under their joint space venture, United Launch Alliance (or ULA). ULA are currently NASA’s prime contractors developing a deep-space rocket – known as the Space Launch System rocket or SLS – intended to take astronauts to the moon and beyond, including the reaffirmed commitment to putting Americans on Mars. Because of this new vigor being put into space aviation, American aviation companies will be at the forefront of American policy regarding space travel.
While the newer commercial aerospace companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin will also be working to launch rockets into space, the National Space Council and NASA are working with not just ULA, but subcontractors like Futuramic Tool & Engineering Company, AMRO Fabricating Corporation, and Cain Tubular Products, just to name a few. When the president officially relaunched the National Space Council at the end of June, representatives from these longtime aviation industry staples were present. With so many aviation industry titans behind the National Space Council, they will turn to their own industry’s talent to train and staff for these new spacecrafts. If you are looking to join the great expanse, Sheffield School of Aeronautics can give you the tools you need to make your own place in the stars.
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How the Aviation Industry Will Influence the New National Space Council
With President Trump reestablishing the National Space Council – which had been defunct since President Bill Clinton took office in 1993 – there will be many companies joining the US’s new 21st century space race. Two of the biggest names on that list are well-established aviation giants, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, under their joint space venture, United Launch Alliance (or ULA). ULA are currently NASA’s prime contractors developing a deep-space rocket – known as the Space Launch System rocket or SLS – intended to take astronauts to the moon and beyond, including the reaffirmed commitment to putting Americans on Mars. Because of this new vigor being put into space aviation, American aviation companies will be at the forefront of American policy regarding space travel.
While the newer commercial aerospace companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin will also be working to launch rockets into space, the National Space Council and NASA are working with not just ULA, but subcontractors like Futuramic Tool & Engineering Company, AMRO Fabricating Corporation, and Cain Tubular Products, just to name a few. When the president officially relaunched the National Space Council at the end of June, representatives from these longtime aviation industry staples were present. With so many aviation industry titans behind the National Space Council, they will turn to their own industry’s talent to train and staff for these new spacecrafts. If you are looking to join the great expanse, Sheffield School of Aeronautics can give you the tools you need to make your own place in the stars.