The New Administration

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Biden putting a moon rock in the Oval Office probably signals a stronger commitment to NASA and federal science/R&D investment in general than Trump actually achieved. Replacing the portrait of Andrew Jackson with Ben Franklin doesn't hurt, either.

This doesn't mean that Biden will ultimately deliver on Artemis etc., because the Trump Administration underfunded those efforts so drastically that I don't think any serious commentator still expects astronauts back on Luna by the end of 2024. We're not spending Apollo levels on Artemis—if we're going to start throwing that kind of money around, it ought to be for vaccination and contract-tracing. But more serious White House budget requests for NASA and other research agencies is probably on the table for the next four years.