Trump’s enduring space legacy

Trump’s space achievements will perhaps be the most unblemished part of his legacy. Even many who don’t agree with his administration’s broader politics can’t dispute that the top-level focus he put on space has advanced the nation’s goals.

“Space will be one of the most important things we’ve ever done,” Trump said in May when he attended the first crewed launch from American soil in more than a decade. “I put it up there with 280 federal judges, two supreme court judges.”