THEOr the purpose of the Artemis mission, in the intent of NASA it is to report a human contingent on the moon, after the last mission Apollo 17 of 1972. Until a few days ago, this goal was described on the NASA website like this: «With the Artemis of NASA campaign, we are exploring the moon for scientific discovery, technological progress and to learn how to live and work on another world while we prepare for human missions on Mars. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and will establish the first long -term presence on the moon. THEIn Nasa he will land the first woman, the first person of color and the first international astronaut of the Moon on the moon using innovative technologies to explore a wider lunar surface than ever».
Today instead, On the NASA website, it is read only: «With the Artemis of NASA campaign, we explore the moon for scientific discovery, technological progress and to learn how to live and work on another world while we prepare for human missions on Mars. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and will establish the first long -term presence on the moon ». References disappeared To the first woman, to the first person of color and first international astronaut.
The astronauts of the Artemis mission, however, are four and the same will remain, women, people of color and international astronauts included. What has changed, is the language with which the mission is described, in line with Trump’s new directives against diversity and inclusion.
Artemis 2027 mission: the references to the first woman on the Moon disappear
In fact, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen are the astronauts who will participate in the Artemis mission, These are two US men (of whom an African American), a Canadian man and an American woman. Christina Koch has been part of the NASA astronaut crease since 2013, to date it is The woman to have spent more time in space. His participation in the mission has not been questioned, like that of his colleagues, but the narrative of this story is very different from how it had started, that is, with an inclusive language that took into account the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman Soni The astronauts chosen for the Artemis II mission, on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Sm/Pa Images via Getty Images)
The motivation? President Donald Trump has made it very clear His intentions to fight against the policies of (diversity, equity, inclusion) From his first day to the White House, defining these offensive policies. “Send a notification to all employees of the deia offices (diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility) which will be placed on paid administrative leave with immediate effect” memo of the US staff office with which Trump asked to send all the employees of the Deia offices to leave by 5pm on Wednesday 22 January. From then on the project to dismantle the policies on inclusion and diversity in every sector, from the public to the private individual, began.
The choice to modify the text on the Artemis project by NASA is therefore clear. Even if, on closer inspection, The Artemis project, with its inclusive description, was launched in 2017, during the first term of Donald Trump (2017-2021).
The dismantling of the policies of
The Trump administration has given precise directives to companies and government bodies on how to treat the theme of inclusion and diversity, that is, eliminating it. We read on White House website“President Trump has eliminated offices, employees and discriminatory practices in the field of in all bureaucracy, as well as restoring the assumptions based on merit, also at the Federal Aviation Administration, where the Biden administration has specifically recruited individuals with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems”.
Among the first to give up the gods there are Harley Davidson’s and Jack Daniels, but also Meta and Google, And the list continues. Not to mention the colleges and schools to which Trump gave an ultimatum: to eliminate any policy of inclusion towards African American, Latinos, disabled, gay and transgender, under penalty of loss of federal contributions.
As reported Time magazinesome still fight the new order of the White House, recognizing the value of the policies of the within their companies: Apple, JpMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Delta Airlines, Patagonia more or less explicitly They refused to embrace this new order. Patagonia he told the CNBC who will not reduce his policies. “We are stopped in supporting our policies and practices of justice, equity and anti -racism,” said the clothing company.
To have been affected directly by this new model – in which Gays, African American, disabled, transgender find no place – was the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States defense. As reported by Associated Presswith an executive order, A campaign for removing images and posts began that celebrated diversity and inclusiveness within the military branches. As for sport, Donald’s fierce “crusade” is now known against transgender women in women’s sports competitions, stating that they will only be reserved for women.
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