NASA divides the human spacing department into two separate bodies – one centered on a large mission and in the future oriented to the moon and Mars, the other at the International Space Station and other operations closer to Earth.
Reorganization, announced by the head of NASA Bill Nelson on Tuesday, reflects a growing relationship between private companies, such as SpaceX, which is increasingly commercial rocket and federal agent who has conducted a monopoly A.S.
Nelson said the shake-up was also driven by flight proliferation and commercial investment recently in the low orbit of the earth even when NASA stepped on the development of space aspirations.
“Today is more than organizational change,” Nelson said on the press direction.
“This set the stage for the next 20 years, it defines NASA’s future in a growing economy.” The move broke the Directorate of NASA’s Exploration and Operation Mission, is currently led by Leuders Kathy, into two separate branches.
Leuders will retain the title of his Associate Administrator as Head of the Directorate of Mission Development of the New Exploration System, with a focus on NASA’s long-term programs, such as planning to restore astronauts to the moon under the artemis project, and eventually human exploration Mars.
Retired Deputy Associate Administrator, James Free, which plays a major role at the NASA Space Station and the commercial crew program and cargo, will return to the agency as the Head of the Directorate of New Space Operations Mission.
The branches will primarily oversee more routine launch and spaces, including missions involving the space station and the privatization of low earth orbit, and sustaining the operation of the month as soon as they have been established.
“The approach with these two fields focuses on human spaceflight allows a mission of the Directorate to operate in space while others build the front space system,” NASA said in a press release that announced the steps.
The announcement came less than a week after SpaceX, who had felted many astronaut missions and cargo charges to the space station for NASA, launched the first all-civilian crew to achieve orbits and returned them safely to the earth.