Donald Trump, Golden Dome and missile defence
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President Donald Trump announced that Gen. Michael Guetlein, the second-highest-ranking Space Force officer, will lead the Pentagon’s development of his Golden Dome air defense system. One of the president’s first acts in his second term was to sign an executive order calling for the construction of a multilayered aerial defense system,
President Trump, Defense Secretary Hegseth, and Space Force Vice Chief of Operations, General Michael Guetlein will reportedly announce a multi-billion-dollar missile defense shield for the U.S. that they're calling the "Golden Dome.
President Trump’s associates and crypto entrepreneurs are rushing back to the market for the once-hot, but mostly troubled, investment vehicles called special purpose acquisition companies.
Two executives with ties to President Donald Trump and Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) have a new SPAC offering targeting the cryptocurrency market. With several stocks soaring on recent crypto-related mergers,
The Trump administration is threatening to cancel Boeing's gigantic SLS space rocket after just three launches. SLS has only launched once already. Future launches are planned for 2026 and 2027. Boeing and Lockheed could be forced to exit the space race in favor of "more cost-effective commercial systems" from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Trump’s speech made no mention of a proposed $2.2 billion cut to NASA’s space science missions, some of which play a role in Mars exploration. These proposed budget overhauls also directly contradict NASA nominee Jared Isaacman’s support for such missions. The agency declined to comment on the discrepancy.
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Space.com on MSNTrump's proposed 2026 NASA budget cuts will cede our space 'position of leadership to other nations', top scientists sayGiven the considerable uncertainty about the future NASA Science budget given projected Trump Administration funding considerations, the chairs of analysis/assessment groups (AGs), linked to the space agency's Planetary Science Division, issued a statement on May 12 titled "To members of the planetary science community."